The city of Upland, CA, located in the 91786 zip code, is a vibrant community of over 74,000 residents. In the local political arena, residents of the city are represented by two separate congressional districts. From California's 31st Congressional District, Representative Pete Aguilar is the current representative and from California's 40th Congressional District, Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard serves as the representative. In addition to these two representatives, Upland also has its own Mayor and City Council members who serve on behalf of all citizens in the area. The City Council is responsible for managing all aspects of the city such as budgeting and enacting legislation. Residents of Upland are active participants in local politics; they vote on matters that directly impact their lives such as taxes and public services. With strong representation from both national and local elected officials, Upland’s citizens have a voice in how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 91786 (Upland, CA) is somewhat 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 91786 (Upland, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Upland, California is somewhat 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.
Upland, 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 91786 (Upland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,402 contributions totaling $102,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 560 contributions totaling $720,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)