Montclair, CA is a vibrant city located in the San Bernardino area of California. Politically, Montclair is part of the 35th Congressional District which is held by Democratic Representative Norma Torres. In addition to Congresswoman Torres, Montclair has an active political environment with strong local representation from its City Council and Mayor. The current Mayor of Montclair is Leonard Paul Braswell who was elected in 2020 after having served on the local City Council for more than four terms. The City Council consists of seven members, each representing one of the different wards within Montclair. Together they focus on issues that directly affect constituents such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development and environmental protection. Additionally, each year local elections are held allowing residents to vote for their preferred candidates in order to ensure that their voice is being heard at the local level.
The political climate in Montclair, CA is moderately 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
Montclair, CA is moderately 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.
Montclair, 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 Montclair, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,129 contributions totaling $547,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 929 contributions totaling $126,018 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)