The 92109 San Diego, CA area is home to a diverse and vibrant community. Politically, the area is part of California's 53rd congressional district. This district is represented in Congress by Democrat Susan A. Davis, who has served since 2001. At the state level, the 92109 area is within the 79th assembly district and represented by Democrat Shirley Weber, who was first elected in 2012. At the local level, politics are handled by the San Diego City Council which consists of nine members; District 3 council member Chris Ward represents residents of 92109 San Diego, CA. Elected officials in this district strive to promote economic justice, environmental protection and a balanced approach to growth that supports existing neighborhoods and communities.
The political climate in Zip 92109 (San Diego, CA) is moderately 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 92109 (San Diego, CA) is moderately liberal.
San Diego, California is moderately 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 Diego, 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 92109 (San Diego)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,597 contributions totaling $421,352 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 769 contributions totaling $250,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)