Grand Terrace, CA is a small city located in the Inland Empire region of California. It is a peaceful and tight-knit community that is proud of its historic roots. Politically, Grand Terrace leans heavily democratic, with most local politicians being members of the Democratic Party. There are currently two City Council representatives, both of whom are Democrats, that represent Grand Terrace in state and local government. The Mayor of Grand Terrace is also a member of the Democratic Party. The City Council works together to make decisions on issues that affect the residents including public safety, infrastructure improvements and other municipal services. Additionally, local elections are held every two years to decide who will serve on the City Council and as Mayor. Residents take part in these elections to ensure their voice is heard in determining who represents them at the local level.
The political climate in Grand Terrace, 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
Grand Terrace, CA 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.
Grand Terrace, 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 Grand Terrace, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 935 contributions totaling $95,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 258 contributions totaling $45,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)