Pala is a small community located in 92059, California. It has a rich political history, having been home to a variety of local political candidates over the years. The most recent election cycle brought forth several new faces to the Pala political scene. Candidates from both major parties campaigned for positions on the Pala city council, with two seats ultimately being filled by members of the Democratic Party. In addition to city council elections, Pala residents also had the opportunity to vote for their representatives in local and state government levels. As such, an array of perspectives were represented in Pala politics during this election cycle, creating meaningful representation for all residents within the community.
The political climate in Zip 92059 (Pala, 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 92059 (Pala, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Pala, 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.
Pala, 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 92059 (Pala)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $51,298 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,900 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $53,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,535 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)