Palm Springs, California is a vibrant city located in the Coachella Valley. It is home to nearly 50,000 residents and boasts of an incredibly diverse population. The politics in the city are quite active with people from all walks of life taking part in important local issues every election cycle. The elections for mayor and for local representatives on the Palm Springs City Council take place every two years. Residents of the city have the opportunity to vote for candidates who are passionate about making positive change in their community. Palm Springs has been known as a progressive city that supports initiatives such as human rights, environmental justice, and social equity. With its diverse population and progressive values, Palm Springs has become a leader in progressive policies within California and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 92264 (Palm Springs, 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
Zip 92264 (Palm Springs, CA) is leaning liberal.
Palm Springs, California 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.
Palm Springs, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 92264 (Palm Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,883 contributions totaling $1,441,048 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 695 contributions totaling $838,941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)