Ontario, CA is a city located in San Bernardino County, California. It is the home of over 171,000 people and offers a variety of opportunities to engage in politics. The local politics of Ontario are managed by the City Council, which consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every four years. The City Council has the power to make decisions on matters such as budgeting, public safety, economic development, and community improvements. They also have oversight over local taxation and other important issues related to the health and well-being of the city's residents. The City Council works with various local agencies such as police departments, parks and recreation departments, schools, libraries and other organizations to ensure that all aspects of Ontario are functioning properly. Residents can become involved with local politics by attending council meetings or voting during elections.
The political climate in Ontario, 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
Ontario, 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.
Ontario, 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 Ontario, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,060 contributions totaling $730,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,433 contributions totaling $385,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)