Politics in Murrieta, CA 92562 are largely dominated by conservative values and ideals. Murrieta is located within Riverside County where Republicans tend to be the most popular party choice among voters. Local political candidates tend to express their views on issues such as taxation, education, and immigration reform which may vary from the state or national governments' stances. The city council is responsible for making local decisions and taking steps towards improving the city. Recent projects like the expansion of a new park with trails and open spaces demonstrate how local leaders are making efforts to improve the community.
The political climate in Zip 92562 (Murrieta, 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 92562 (Murrieta, CA) is leaning liberal.
Murrieta, 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.
Murrieta, 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 92562 (Murrieta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,246 contributions totaling $179,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,044 contributions totaling $187,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)