Hemet, CA is a city located in Riverside County with a population of approximately 80,000 people. It has a government structure that consists of a Mayor and four City Council Members who are elected to represent the needs and interests of the citizens. The City Council is responsible for overseeing all aspects of local government, including budgeting, land use, public safety, recreation and other areas. Additionally, Hemet’s Mayor serves on various committees at the County level such as the Executive Committee of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors which focuses on improving countywide services and programs. Hemet also offers its own Commission on Aging which works to improve services and support for elderly citizens in the community. In addition to these local political offices, voters have the opportunity to cast their ballot for federal and state representatives during elections. Overall, Hemet strives to ensure its citizens have access to quality representation by its elected officials.
The political climate in Hemet, 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
Hemet, CA 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.
Hemet, 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 Hemet, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,474 contributions totaling $223,123 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,871 contributions totaling $489,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)