Perris, California is a city located in Riverside County and has a population of over 75,000 people. The City Council of Perris is composed of five members, each serving staggered four-year terms. The mayor is elected at-large for a two-year term. Perris is active in local politics and there are numerous organizations that focus on promoting civic engagement and public advocacy. These groups include the Perris Valley Democratic Club, the Perris Valley Republican Women's Federated, and the Inland Empire Taxpayers Association. All these organizations work together to lessen the political divide in the community and increase participation in local politics. They all encourage residents to become involved in their local government and help shape its policies by voting and running for office when elections are held.
The political climate in Perris, CA is somewhat 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
Perris, CA is somewhat 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.
Perris, 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 Perris, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,220 contributions totaling $128,817 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,194 contributions totaling $124,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)