Yucca Valley, CA is a small town in the Mojave Desert with a population of 20,716. Located near Joshua Tree National Park, it has become an increasingly popular tourist destination. Politically, Yucca Valley leans towards the conservative side of the spectrum and is represented in Congress by Paul Cook (R). On the local level, the Town of Yucca Valley has an elected council that works together to make decisions that affect the community. Currently, the Mayor of Yucca Valley is Robert Lombardo and the other four members are Councilmember Steven Castaneda, Councilmember Magdalena Zavala, Councilmember Patrick Kelley and Councilmember Thomas Acosta. Through their work together on local issues such as public works improvements and economic development initiatives, they strive to create a better quality of life for all residents in and around Yucca Valley.
The political climate in Zip 92284 (Yucca Valley, 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 92284 (Yucca Valley, CA) is leaning liberal.
Yucca Valley, 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.
Yucca Valley, 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 92284 (Yucca Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 517 contributions totaling $34,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $29,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)