Winchester, CA is a small rural community located in Riverside County. It has a rich history and culture, and the politics of the area reflect this. The city is represented in Congress by Ken Calvert, who has held the seat since 1993. In the California State Assembly, the area is represented by Melissa Melendez. At the county level, the 5th District includes Winchester and is represented by Manuel Perez. Local elections are typically focused on issues that are important to Winchester residents such as public safety, infrastructure, recreation areas, and quality of life. Election campaigns usually include discussions about how best to improve services for residents while still managing budgets responsibly. Residents take their civic duties seriously and participate actively in local political activities such as voting in elections or attending town hall meetings.
The political climate in Winchester, CA is leaning liberal.
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
Winchester, CA is leaning liberal.
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.
Winchester, 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 Winchester, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,724 contributions totaling $95,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,003 contributions totaling $138,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)