Banning, CA is a small city located in Riverside County in the state of California. It has a population of around 30,000 people and is home to many businesses and attractions. The city has its own local government, which consists of a Mayor, five City Council Members, and various other departments. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for making decisions that affect the citizens of Banning, such as setting taxes and budgets, determining zoning ordinances, approving development projects, establishing local laws, and funding public services. There are also several special districts within Banning which are overseen by their respective boards or commissions. Politics in Banning tend to be diverse; elected officials must work together in order to ensure that all citizens’ voices are heard and respected. For example, the Mayor works closely with the City Council members to create legislation that will benefit everyone in the community; while the City Council works with members of the public to ensure that they are represented fairly during local decision-making processes.
The political climate in Banning, 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
Banning, 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.
Banning, 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 Banning, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,661 contributions totaling $731,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,320 contributions totaling $665,633 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $504 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)