Apple Valley, CA is a small town located in the Mojave Desert that has a population of around 72,000. It is an ethnically diverse community with many residents involved in local politics. Apple Valley is part of San Bernardino County and it is governed by a Town Council comprised of five members, each elected from one of five wards. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss and make decisions on issues related to the town and their constituents. Residents have the opportunity to express their views through attending council meetings or through online public engagement forums sponsored by the town. Additionally, local political candidates are encouraged to run for office and often engage with the community to promote their platforms during election season. Apple Valley’s political system works hard to ensure that all voices are heard and that their members support policies that benefit everyone.
The political climate in Apple Valley, CA is leaning 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
Apple Valley, CA is leaning 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.
Apple Valley, 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 Apple Valley, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,850 contributions totaling $227,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,632 contributions totaling $255,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)