The city of Canyon Lake is located in Riverside County, California. It is known for its small-town charm and vibrant community. The politics in this town are driven by the local elected officials who are in charge of making decisions on behalf of the citizens. The City Council, Mayor's Office, and Clerk's Office make up the governing body of the town and are responsible for creating laws that will best serve the needs of the people who live there. In addition to local officials, representatives from different organizations such as chambers of commerce, schools, businesses, and other civic groups work together to ensure that Canyon Lake remains a desirable place to live. With an engaged citizenry and active government officials, Canyon Lake continues to be a thriving community with a bright future ahead.
The political climate in Canyon Lake, CA is leaning conservative.
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
Canyon Lake, CA is leaning conservative.
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.
Canyon 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 Canyon Lake, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,044 contributions totaling $155,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,064 contributions totaling $149,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)