Yucaipa, CA is a small city located in San Bernardino County in the southeastern corner of California. It is known for its unique mix of mountains, desert, and agricultural landscapes. The politics in Yucaipa are centered around the local government and the policies that affect the community. The City Council acts as the governing body for the city, and is made up of five members elected by popular vote every four years. In addition to the City Council, there are other important political bodies in Yucaipa such as the Yucaipa Planning Commission which reviews proposals for new developments and makes recommendations to City Council; and various Neighborhood Advisory Committees which serve as forums for public input on local issues. The current mayor is David Avila who was elected in 2018. There are also numerous local political candidates who are running in upcoming elections. Local residents have an active voice in their government through their participation at council meetings, campaigns and ballot initiatives.
The political climate in Yucaipa, 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
Yucaipa, 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.
Yucaipa, 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 Yucaipa, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,972 contributions totaling $1,130,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,685 contributions totaling $682,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)