Lucerne, California is a small city in Lake County with a population of around 3,000. It is home to an active and diverse political base that has been integral in shaping the city’s future. Local civic organizations partner with the Lucerne City Council to discuss and strategize on city initiatives such as police reform, economic development, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements. The City Council consists of five elected officials who work together to make sure all citizens have access to resources necessary for their growth and success. Every year the City holds elections when people can cast their ballots for candidates who they believe will make positive changes in Lucerne’s political landscape. These elections provide an opportunity for citizens to become involved in the decision-making process of their local government while giving them a voice in how they want things done in their city.
The political climate in Lucerne, CA is leaning liberal.
Lake County, CA is leaning liberal. In Lake County, CA 51.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained moderately Democratic, 51.5% to 45.3%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lucerne, CA is leaning liberal.
Lake County, California is leaning liberal.
Clearlake Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lucerne, California: d d 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 Lucerne, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,200 contributions totaling $20,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $60,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)