Murrieta, CA is located in Riverside County and has a rich political history. With over 105,000 residents, the city is home to a variety of different political views and opinions. Murrieta is represented by two state legislators in the California State Senate, Senator Mike Morrell and Senator Jeff Stone, who both consistently advocate for their constituents' rights. The city also has four members of the Board of Supervisors representing it on the county level. At the local level, Murrieta elects its own mayor and four councilmembers that are appointed to manage the day-to-day operations of the city government. Residents are actively involved in political discourse and often organize public events to discuss issues facing their community. This strong civic engagement contributes to a vibrant democracy where policies can be debated and discussed in an effort to create laws that benefit all citizens equally.
The political climate in Murrieta, 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
Murrieta, 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.
Murrieta, 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 Murrieta, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,205 contributions totaling $348,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,156 contributions totaling $412,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)