Temecula, CA is a city located in Riverside County, about 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The city has seen consistent population growth over the last decade and is currently home to around 113,000 people. Politically, Temecula is a predominantly conservative area that leans Republican at both the county and state levels. Local candidates for national office typically run on issues related to job creation, improving infrastructure, and reducing taxes. The city also has many locally elected positions such as mayor and city council members who focus on issues that affect day-to-day life for residents like public safety, economic development initiatives, and maintaining quality education standards. Overall Temecula’s politics are focused on promoting growth while preserving its small town charm.
The political climate in Temecula, CA is leaning liberal.
Riverside County, CA is leaning liberal. In Riverside County, CA 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Riverside county remained moderately Democratic, 53.0% to 45.0%.
Riverside county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Temecula, CA is leaning liberal.
Riverside County, California is leaning 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.
Temecula, 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 Temecula, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,853 contributions totaling $630,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,154 contributions totaling $709,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)