Posted: 21 Nov 2013 10:52 AM PST
By Doug Porter It’s been touted as
fact of life in San Diego politics: the electorate south of Interstate 8 votes
heavily Democratic while those on the north side votes Republican. After all,
the northern part of San Diego is generally wealthier, older and whiter than the
city’s southern half. Even as the GOP’s partisan advantage in the city
has disappeared in recent years, the party’s candidates and causes have done
well, leading to the general perception that the electorate in the regions
favors conservative causes. A succession of Republican Mayors and a track
record for mostly voting with that party’s positions on initiatives re-enforce
that perception. It’s a commonly accepted view in news media accounts;
a local report on this weeks special election taps
National University’s “policy analyst” Vince Vasquez, who says “You see that
deep geographic divide among voters. It’s something not going away. If anything
its more pronounced,” – But not everything is as it seems.
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