The city of Lake Elsinore, CA is known for its vibrant and engaged political life. The current mayor is Steve Manos, who has been in office since 2016. He is a strong advocate for the city's economic development, infrastructure investments, public safety initiatives, and educational enrichment programs. The City Council consists of five elected members who are passionate about making decisions that benefit the community. Examples of their successes include approving a $7 million dollar budget surplus to support vital public services and passing a resolution to protect vulnerable children from human trafficking. In addition to these efforts, Lake Elsinore also hosts an annual mayoral debate aimed at engaging citizens in local decision-making. This provides a great opportunity for voters to learn more about their candidates and make informed decisions during elections.
The political climate in Zip 92532 (Lake Elsinore, 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 92532 (Lake Elsinore, CA) is leaning liberal.
Lake Elsinore, 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.
Lake Elsinore, 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 92532 (Lake Elsinore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 870 contributions totaling $35,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $22,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)