The city of Hemet, CA is located in Riverside County and has a population of about 78,657 people. Hemet is a strongly conservative area politically, with most residents voting for Republican candidates in local and national elections. The current Mayor of Hemet is Michael Perciful, who was elected in 2018 and is part of the Republican Party. A few other notable political figures from Hemet include Councilman Eddie Smith and Assembly Member Chad Mayes. Both have been active in the community and are committed to bringing positive change to the area. In recent years, there has been increased focus on public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development in order to make Hemet a better place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 92545 (Hemet, CA) is leaning 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 92545 (Hemet, CA) is leaning liberal.
Hemet, California is leaning 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 92545 (Hemet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,126 contributions totaling $28,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 757 contributions totaling $93,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)