Searles Valley, California is a small rural town located in the heart of San Bernardino County. The close-knit community is home to approximately 1,500 people and has long been considered an agricultural hub in the region. Despite its small size, Searles Valley is an important part of San Bernardino’s larger political landscape. While the area does not have any designated local representation on the county or state level, its residents are still engaged citizens who make their voices heard through participation in local elections and other civic events. In recent years, the town has seen an increase in activism from its citizens as they strive to make their voices heard on important issues such as education funding and infrastructure spending. With the upcoming election season fast approaching, it will be interesting to see how Searles Valley’s residents shape their own political destiny this year.
The political climate in Zip 93562 (Searles Valley, CA) is somewhat 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
Zip 93562 (Searles Valley, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Searles Valley, California is somewhat 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 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 93562 (Searles Valley)
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)