The small desert town of Joshua Tree, CA (92252) is part of San Bernardino County. The political landscape in the area is dominated by the Republican Party, whose candidates have won the majority of local and state-level elections in recent years. However, there has been increased interest in progressive politics as more citizens become concerned about issues such as climate change, gun control, and healthcare. In 2020, for example, progressive candidate Dr. Raul Ruiz was elected to represent California’s 36th congressional district which includes Joshua Tree. While this election may be an exception in this conservative area, it could signal a change in local politics and galvanize support for more progressive candidates at both local and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 92252 (Joshua Tree, CA) is leaning liberal.
San Bernardino County, CA is somewhat liberal. In San Bernardino County, CA 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Bernardino county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.5%.
San Bernardino county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 92252 (Joshua Tree, CA) is leaning liberal.
Joshua Tree, California is leaning liberal.
San Bernardino County, California is somewhat 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.
Joshua Tree, 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 92252 (Joshua Tree)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,042 contributions totaling $40,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $23,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)