Mesa Verde, California is a small town with a strong sense of community and an active interest in local politics. The citizens of Mesa Verde are passionate about maintaining their town's values and making sure that the needs and voices of its residents are heard. Local elections are important to the citizens here, as they allow for representatives to be chosen who will work hard to ensure that Mesa Verde remains a desirable place for its citizens to live. Therefore, the residents of Mesa Verde come together every election season to discuss the issues most important to them and make informed decisions regarding who should represent them in their local government. The candidates for each election cycle usually have platforms that focus on policies that aim to preserve the town's culture and values while also striving to improve it in areas such as economic growth, infrastructure, and public safety. This level of engagement from its citizens makes politics in Mesa Verde a truly unique experience.
The political climate in Mesa Verde, 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
Mesa Verde, 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.
Mesa Verde, 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 Mesa Verde, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $5,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $10,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)