Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA is a small town located in Riverside County, California. It is a close-knit community that is passionate about its local politics. Residents take great pride in being involved in their civic duties and helping to shape the future of their community. The Idyllwild-Pine Cove Town Council consists of five members who are dedicated to making decisions that benefit the entire town. Residents also have the opportunity to stay informed on local issues through a variety of public forums held throughout the year. Additionally, politically engaged citizens can participate in elections to elect representatives for local government positions such as mayor and council member. In general, politics in Idyllwild-Pine Cove are actively discussed and debated among its citizens with everyone's opinion being both respected and appreciated.
The political climate in Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 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
Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 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.
Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,114 contributions totaling $65,546 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $34,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)