San Bernardino is a city located in the San Bernardino Valley of Southern California. It is the 17th most populous city in California and has a population of approximately 211,000 people. The politics in San Bernardino are mainly centered around issues affecting the local community, such as poverty, economic stability, public health and safety, and education. Politically, San Bernardino is a largely Democrat city with a range of candidates running for local office each election cycle. The city also boasts many local grassroots organizations that work to promote political activism and encourage youth engagement in their government's operations. These organizations work hard to ensure that all voices are heard and represented in the democratic process. Despite challenges posed by economic instability or limited resources within the city, San Bernardino remains committed to providing its citizens with access to quality education and job opportunities while continuing to strive towards progress on important social issues like affordable housing, environmental protection, and violence prevention initiatives.
The political climate in San Bernardino, 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
San Bernardino, 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.
San Bernardino, 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 San Bernardino, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,357 contributions totaling $1,026,859 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,283 contributions totaling $2,002,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)