Oceanside, California is a city located in San Diego County on the Pacific Coast of California. It has a population of 175,719 and is known for its beautiful beaches and recreational activities. The city is governed by a five member city council elected on a non-partisan basis. The mayor and members of the City Council are responsible for setting policies, passing laws, and ensuring that city services are provided to residents in an equitable manner. Local political candidates running for office focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, environmental protection, infrastructure improvements, and transportation. Each candidate has their own platform that focuses on improving the lives of all Oceansiders by making the city more livable, vibrant, and prosperous.
The political climate in Zip 92056 (Oceanside, 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 92056 (Oceanside, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Oceanside, 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.
Oceanside, 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 92056 (Oceanside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,646 contributions totaling $185,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 941 contributions totaling $151,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)