San Jacinto, CA is a small city located in Riverside County, California. It has a population of about 45,000 people and is known for its diverse cultural and recreational activities. Politically, San Jacinto is an interesting place to observe the dynamics of local politics in action. The city council consists of five members who are elected from the local community and serve four-year terms. Each council member has their own individual goals and agendas that they strive to achieve while taking into account the needs of all constituents in San Jacinto. Although there are no single political party affiliations amongst the five council members or local candidates, they work together as a team to ensure that everyone in San Jacinto’s needs are met. Local residents can take part in local elections by voting for candidates or signing petitions to allow specific ballot initiatives to pass through the city council. Through this method of democratic participation, San Jacinto’s citizens have a say in how their city is run and what policies it follows.
The political climate in San Jacinto, 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
San Jacinto, 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.
San Jacinto, 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 San Jacinto, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,333 contributions totaling $163,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,191 contributions totaling $286,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)