Mecca, CA is a small, rural town located in the Coachella Valley of California. With a population of just over 8,000 people, Mecca is an agricultural community that has recently seen some development with new businesses and homes popping up. Politically, the city is governed by a five-member City Council and Mayor elected by the public. The city promotes its political participation through outreach programs to ensure everyone in the community feels welcome and can become involved in local policy decisions. The current Mayor, Mayor John Jones, was elected in 2016 and his term will expire in 2020. The City Council works closely with local organizations such as the League of Women Voters to ensure all voices are heard in local politics. Through this cooperation, residents have been able to work together to find common ground on issues that are important to them such as public safety, economic development and water resources. With these initiatives and investments by both local authorities and citizens alike, Mecca continues to work towards a better future for its people.
The political climate in Zip 92254 (Mecca, 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 92254 (Mecca, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Mecca, 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.
Mecca, 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 92254 (Mecca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $9,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)