Palm Springs, California is a popular tourist destination known for its desert scenery and world-class resorts. Despite being a tourist location, Palm Springs is also a vibrant center of politics in the region. Numerous local political candidates have been elected to represent the city in state and federal government. By staying informed about local politics, residents and visitors alike can ensure their voices are heard on important issues that affect the city. Currently, Palm Springs is facing decisions about development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety initiatives. With active participation from citizens, Palm Springs can remain a great place to live or visit for generations to come.
The political climate in Palm Springs, CA is somewhat 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
Palm Springs, CA is somewhat 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.
Palm Springs, 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 Palm Springs, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,908 contributions totaling $5,531,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,739 contributions totaling $2,082,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $760 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)