The politics of 92040 Lakeside, CA are heavily focused on local issues such as the economy, public safety, education and health care. The city council is composed of seven members that are elected to serve four year terms. Recently, the city government has been emphasizing economic development plans that primarily seek to attract new businesses to the area and create more jobs for residents. Public safety is also a consistent priority, with the city working with local agencies like the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to ensure that crime remains low in the area. Education within 92040 is managed by several public school districts and a few private schools, making education a top concern when it comes to local politics. Lastly, access to quality healthcare and medical services is also an important factor in 92040's political landscape. Each election season brings out local candidates who seek to represent their community on various issues ranging from taxation rates to environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 92040 (Lakeside, CA) is somewhat liberal.
San Diego County, CA is moderately liberal. In San Diego County, CA 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Diego county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 37.5%.
San Diego county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 92040 (Lakeside, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Lakeside, California is somewhat liberal.
San Diego County, California is moderately liberal.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad Metro Area is moderately liberal.
California is strongly liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lakeside, California: r r D d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 92040 (Lakeside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,321 contributions totaling $396,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 521 contributions totaling $393,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $756 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)