Victorville, CA is a city located in the Mojave Desert of California’s San Bernardino County. The city is home to many businesses and local attractions, as well as being a hub for transportation. Victorville also has its own unique take on politics, with political representation from both major parties. In recent years, the city has seen an influx in population growth resulting in increased political diversity and activity. On the Democratic side, some of the more active members have been Diane Harkey, who served as State Assemblywoman from 2008-2014; Eloise Reyes, who was elected to serve as State Assemblymember from 2014 onward; and Tim Sheridan, Mayor since 2012. The Republican party has also had strong representation including Janice Rutherford serving as San Bernardino County Supervisor; Bill Postmus serving as former County Assessor; and Frank Robusto representing California’s 8th Congressional District. The political atmosphere in Victorville is typically characterized by open dialogue between opposing views and a shared goal to ensure that all citizens are represented fairly and equally.
The political climate in Victorville, 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
Victorville, 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.
Victorville, 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 Victorville, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,529 contributions totaling $361,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,169 contributions totaling $213,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)