Why did this area not experience a huge shift towards the Democrats unlike the other SoCal districts in 2016? Donald Trump won it by a resounding 15 point margin; what makes it so different?
I'm from San Diego originally and still have friends in the area. My stab at this Q:
Heavy pop of military retirees
Immigration hardliners
The young people moving in tend to be more conservative than the yuppies in the inner suburbs
SD County was for decades a GOP stronghold nearly on the level of OC - these things take time
Yeah, his district is the San Diego metro outskirts. Don't let Donald Trump's numbers here fool you, it's testament to how much ground the Republicans have lost in California. This is one of the last bastions in the area the Democrats haven't eaten into yet. Assuming Darrel Issa is out come 2018 (a very safe assumption), this seat will host the last Republican in the entire San Diego region.
