The politics of Hemet, CA 92543 are dominated by conservative values and ideals. Located in Riverside County, the county is heavily Republican. Current elected officials for Hemet include Jeff Stone who represents the 28th Senate District and Melissa Melendez who serves as the 67th Assembly representative. Both representatives are strong proponents of fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, and socially conservative values; as such they have garnered a large base of support in the community. Other prominent local political figures include Robert Melson who is Hemet’s Mayor and City Councilman Hal Magee. At the national level, representatives for Hemet residents include Ken Calvert in Congress and Dianne Feinstein in the Senate. Overall, Hemet residents tend to lean conservative when it comes to their political beliefs, which is reflected in their current representatives.
The political climate in Zip 92543 (Hemet, CA) is somewhat 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
Zip 92543 (Hemet, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Hemet, California is somewhat 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.
Hemet, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 92543 (Hemet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 258 contributions totaling $16,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $36,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)