Phelan, CA is a small town located in the San Bernardino County of California. It has a population of about 9,500 people, and is home to many families who appreciate its rural atmosphere. Politically, Phelan is a part of the 24th Congressional district of California and votes in the same way as other parts of California do. The current representative for this district is Congressman Paul Cook. At the state level, Phelan falls under the 33rd Senate District and is represented by Senator Melissa Melendez. Phelan also contains two local government seats: one for the County Board of Supervisors which is currently held by Robert Lovingoods and one for the San Bernardino County Board of Education which is held by Debra Flumian. Local elections are conducted regularly to determine who will hold office on these boards. These elections are often hotly contested and provide an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard on issues that are important in their community.
The political climate in Phelan, CA is leaning conservative.
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
Phelan, CA is leaning conservative.
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.
Phelan, 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 Phelan, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,200 contributions totaling $194,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $36,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)