The politics of Spring Valley, California are heavily influenced by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. This five-member board is responsible for making major decisions that affect the entire county, including Spring Valley. Its members are elected from supervisorial districts and their responsibilities include creating and enforcing ordinances, establishing regional policies, and approving budgets for county services such as health care, public safety, transportation, and social services. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, Spring Valley has a Municipal Advisory Council that provides guidance on local issues. The council consists of nine unpaid volunteers who serve two-year terms appointed at the recommendation of the Board of Supervisors. This council meets monthly to discuss issues such as parks and recreation programs, public improvements projects, code enforcement policies, community outreach programs, and other matters affecting the residents of Spring Valley.
The political climate in Spring Valley (San Diego County), 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
Spring Valley (San Diego County), CA 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.
Spring Valley (San Diego County), 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Spring Valley (San Diego County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,605 contributions totaling $521,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,453 contributions totaling $259,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)