Barstow, California is a small city located in the Mojave Desert and has a long history of political involvement. The city is home to several major organizations, including the United States Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, the Barstow Community College, and the Marine Corps Logistics Base Henderson Hall. These organizations have worked together to ensure that Barstow’s citizens are well represented in local politics. The city's current mayor, Julie Hackbarth-McIntyre, was elected in 2018 and is dedicated to continuing Barstow’s tradition of civic engagement. Additionally, the community comes together each year for the annual “Citizen Day at City Hall” event which features presentations from local political candidates as well as up-to-date information on local politics and events. This event helps residents stay informed on issues such as housing affordability, public safety, job growth, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development. Through continued representation and participation in local government activities like Citizen Day at City Hall, Barstow’s citizens are able to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Barstow, 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
Barstow, 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.
Barstow, 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 Barstow, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 715 contributions totaling $51,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $16,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)