Mountain Center, CA is a small community located in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. Although it has a small population of just over 200 people, it has an active and involved local politics scene. The town is governed by a five-member Town Council that meets regularly to discuss local issues and make decisions about them. The Town Council is elected by the residents of Mountain Center and serves for two-year terms. The Town Council works with other government agencies such as the County Board of Supervisors, State Legislature, and Federal Government to ensure that all citizens of Mountain Center are represented in local matters. In addition to the Town Council, there are various committees and boards made up of local residents that meet throughout the year to discuss topics such as land use, economic development, public safety, parks and recreation, education, and more. These committees work together with town staff to address important local issues and present their findings to the Town Council for approval or further action. This involvement from all segments of the community helps ensure that everyone’s voice is heard in Mountain Center’s political system.
The political climate in Mountain Center, 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
Mountain Center, 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.
Mountain Center, 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 Mountain Center, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $7,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $21,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)