Indian Wells, California is a beautiful and vibrant city located in the Coachella Valley. It has many attractions and opportunities for its citizens to explore. Politically, Indian Wells is governed by the city council which consists of five members that are elected by local residents every two years. The city council is responsible for making decisions on local laws, budgets, and other important issues that affect the community. Additionally, Indian Wells also hosts a number of town hall meetings throughout the year where residents can voice their concerns and help shape the future of their city. The City Council works closely with other political leaders in California, such as representatives from state government, to ensure that the interests of Indian Wells are represented properly at all levels of government. Moreover, local political candidates have often visited Indian Wells to discuss their agendas during election season and work with local officials to find common ground between differing parties. Overall, politics in Indian Wells has an active presence in the community and encourages civic engagement among its citizens.
The political climate in Indian Wells, 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
Indian Wells, 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.
Indian Wells, 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 Indian Wells, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,076 contributions totaling $517,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,765 contributions totaling $919,377 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $521 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)