Fontana, California is a city located in San Bernardino County. The city has a rich political history, with many local leaders and elected officials advocating for the needs of its citizens. The current mayor is Acquanetta Warren who was elected in 2018 and is the first African-American woman to be Mayor of Fontana. In addition to the mayor, Fontana also has a City Council made up of five members that serve as the governing body for the city. Together with locals committees and organizations such as the Fontana Community Advocates, these elected officials work diligently to ensure that all residents have access to quality public services and amenities while listening to their concerns and representing them in the best way possible.
The political climate in Fontana, CA is somewhat liberal.
San Bernardino County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Bernardino County, CA 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Bernardino county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.5%.
San Bernardino county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fontana, CA is somewhat liberal.
San Bernardino County, California is somewhat liberal.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Fontana, 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 Fontana, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,455 contributions totaling $617,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,568 contributions totaling $402,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)