The politics of 91701 Rancho Cucamonga, California, are shaped by its location in the San Bernardino metropolitan area. The city is largely Democratic, with most voters belonging to that party. With a population of over 175,000 people, the city has two representatives in the House of Representatives and six in the State Assembly. The city is part of California's 35th Congressional District and 1st Senate District. Local government consists of a five-member City Council that works together with other boards and commissions to ensure the best practices for the citizens of Rancho Cucamonga. Additionally, local politics within 91701 are influenced by special interest groups who advocate for their respective causes. Elections are held every two years for mayor and City Council members. Residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions through ballot initiatives on various issues affecting their communities.
The political climate in Zip 91701 (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) is leaning 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 91701 (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) is leaning liberal.
Rancho Cucamonga, California is leaning 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.
Rancho Cucamonga, 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 91701 (Rancho Cucamonga)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,310 contributions totaling $98,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 463 contributions totaling $96,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)