Twentynine Palms, CA is located in San Bernardino County and is largely a rural desert community. Politically speaking, the city leans heavily to the right with registered Republicans outnumbering Democrats by a large margin. The city’s mayor is Dale Shetler and there are currently three council members: Nancy Smith, Selma Whitely, and Cynthia Estrada. In terms of national politics, the majority of Twentynine Palms residents voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Despite this, the city still has progressive policies in regards to environmental protection and other social issues. For example, the city recently voted to pass a resolution that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and other sources within city limits. Residents here are passionate about protecting their environment and they continue to have strong opinions on these important issues.
The political climate in Zip 92278 (Twentynine Palms, CA) is somewhat 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 92278 (Twentynine Palms, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Twentynine Palms, California is somewhat 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.
Twentynine Palms, 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 92278 (Twentynine Palms)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $96 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)