Rancho Cucamonga, CA is located in the southern end of the Inland Empire in San Bernardino County. It has a rich history of political involvement and is currently represented in the US House of Representatives by Representative Norma J. Torres (D-CA). At the state level, Rancho Cucamonga is represented by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) and Assemblywoman Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-San Bernardino). On a local level, the city operates under a general law city form of government, which consists of an elected mayor and four council members. The current mayor is Dennis Michael Haley and the four council members are Paul Ringenberger, Sam Spagnolo, Bill Alexander and Diane Williams. Through its various governing bodies, Rancho Cucamonga works to provide services for its citizens such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, parks and recreation opportunities, economic development initiatives and more. The city also encourages civic engagement through events like town hall meetings where residents can voice their opinions as well as become active in various local committees such as Planning Commission or Parks & Recreation Commission. By engaging with their local government agencies Rancho Cucamonga residents can help shape their city’s future and ensure they receive quality services from their elected officials.
The political climate in Rancho Cucamonga, CA is leaning 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
Rancho Cucamonga, CA is leaning 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.
Rancho Cucamonga, 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 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,764 contributions totaling $1,042,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,337 contributions totaling $781,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)