Big Bear Lake, CA is a small town in the San Bernardino Mountains located in Southern California. It is known for its beautiful scenery and recreational activities such as skiing, snowboarding, and hiking. Politically, Big Bear Lake tends to lean Democrat with 45% of registered voters indicating they are Democrats or lean Democratic while 30% of registered voters indicate they are Republicans or lean Republican. Additionally, Big Bear Lake is a strong supporter of environmental regulations and often votes in the favor of conservation initiatives. The current mayor of Big Bear Lake is Michele Nunez who was elected to office in 2018. She focuses on policies that increase access to economic opportunities for all residents and emphasize sustainability efforts in the region.
The political climate in Big Bear Lake, 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
Big Bear Lake, 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.
Big Bear Lake, 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 Big Bear Lake, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $15,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $26,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)