The city of San Marcos, California is located in the heart of San Diego County. With a population of just over 95,000 people, it has a thriving and diverse community. The local politics of San Marcos are managed through the City Council which consists of five members elected by the citizens. The council meets regularly to consider issues such as zoning, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. In addition to the City Council, other important political figures in San Marcos are the Mayor and City Attorney who are both elected by residents. There are also several state representatives that serve the area, both from major parties and minor ones as well. As part of their mission, these representatives strive to ensure that every citizen's voice is heard in the development and governance of San Marcos.
The political climate in Zip 92078 (San Marcos, 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 92078 (San Marcos, CA) is somewhat liberal.
San Marcos, 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.
San Marcos, 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 92078 (San Marcos)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,479 contributions totaling $325,877 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 792 contributions totaling $259,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)