Searles Valley, CA is a small town in the Inyo County of California. It is a peaceful place, without much political activity. The citizens of Searles Valley take pride in their local community and focus more on the day-to-day affairs than politics. Elected officials represent the town at the county and state level, but there are no local candidates or elections to be had in Searles Valley. Instead, residents tend to rely on the Inyo County Board of Supervisors and other area legislators to make decisions that affect the local area. They also rely on community meetings and feedback from one another to stay informed about what's going on in their town. All in all, while there may not be any big political issues or debates taking place in Searles Valley, residents still keep an eye out for what their government representatives are doing and strive to make sure their voices are heard when matters arise.
The political climate in Searles Valley, 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
Searles Valley, 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.
Searles Valley, 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 Searles Valley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $7,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)