The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area has a vibrant political scene with a wide range of local politicians. There are many elected officials in the region who together work to ensure that residents have access to quality services and programs. With the help of both state and federal representatives, the area is able to maintain its economic stability and develop new initiatives for the future. The region is also home to many different groups who work together to advocate for change on local and national issues. From environmental protection to social justice, there are many voices in this area that speak out against injustice and fight for a better future. This wide range of activists and representatives make up an important part of the political dialogue in this area.
The political climate in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metro Area 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 44.3%.
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151,573 contributions totaling $13,374,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39,444 contributions totaling $12,642,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)