April 11, 2006
CA 50: The District
Polls close at 8:00 pm PT / 11:00 pm ET.Precincts: 441
Registered voters: approx. 359,760
Cook Partisan Voting index: R+5
Registration: Dems (30%) GOP (44%) Other (22%)
Voting machines: mostly optical scan, some Diebold touch screen
Results expected by: 9:30 pm PT / 12:30 am ET.
(image courtesy nationalatlas.gov)
From the Almanac of American Politics:
The 50th Congressional District of California covers much of this part of San Diego County. About 40% of its population is in the city of San Diego, including most of scenic La Jolla, hillside Clairemont, Carmel Valley and University City to the west and, north of Miramar, Mira Mesa, Rancho Penasquitos and part of Rancho Bernardo. About 25% are on or near the coast, from Del Mar, where a 1,000 foot pier was opened in 1917 but washed away in 1926, to Encinitas and Carlsbad, home of the La Costa resort. Just inland is affluent Rancho Santa Fe, with its multi-million dollar mansions set amid rolling hills and lush greenery. About 30% of the people are in Escondido and San Marcos. Politically, this is Republican territory, more so as one gets away from the coast; it voted 55% for George W. Bush in 2004.
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