El Sobrante (Riverside Cnty), CA is an unincorporated community located in Riverside County, California. It is a relatively small community with a population of about 8,000 people. The political climate in El Sobrante is largely shaped by the county and state policies, as the town does not have its own local government. At the county level, the Board of Supervisors oversees much of the day-to-day functioning of El Sobrante and other parts of Riverside County. On the state level, California's legislature and executive branches have a significant role in determining the political environment for all residents of El Sobrante. While there are no local politicians who represent El Sobrante specifically, numerous individuals from both parties represent Riverside County within both state and federal governments. To stay informed about political developments affecting El Sobrante and its citizens, one should follow news on local politicians representing the county at larger levels.
The political climate in El Sobrante (Riverside County), 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
El Sobrante (Riverside County), 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.
El Sobrante (Riverside County), 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 El Sobrante (Riverside County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,417 contributions totaling $258,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 729 contributions totaling $188,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)