Riverside, California is the county seat of Riverside County and has a population of over 300,000 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and municipal council who make decisions on behalf of the citizens. Local political candidates in 92504 Riverside, CA include individuals running for mayor, city council seats, and other local offices. These candidates are passionate about addressing issues important to the citizens of Riverside such as addressing homelessness, improving public transportation options, increasing job opportunities, maintaining a healthy business environment and protecting public safety. Additionally, these candidates strive to ensure that all members of the community have access to quality education services, healthcare services, recreational opportunities and other essential resources.
The political climate in Zip 92504 (Riverside, CA) is somewhat 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 92504 (Riverside, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Riverside, California is somewhat 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.
Riverside, 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 92504 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,905 contributions totaling $74,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $104,080 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)