Riverside, California is the largest city in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. It is a diverse and thriving community with a population of over 330,000 people. The city has a rapidly growing economy and vibrant culture that offers something for everyone. Politically, Riverside is an interesting mix of Democratic and Republican representation in its local government. Democrats are represented by Mayor Rusty Bailey, while Republicans are represented by Mayor Pro Tem Andy Melendrez. Together they lead a nine-member City Council whose members come from various backgrounds and ideologies. They work together to ensure that Riverside's citizens have access to quality services and infrastructure while continuing to promote economic growth. The City Council sets policy on issues such as public safety, development, education, parks and recreation, transportation, health care, and other key areas. These policies are intended to benefit everyone living in Riverside and ensure that it remains an attractive place to live for both current residents as well as future ones.
The political climate in Zip 92503 (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 92503 (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 92503 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,139 contributions totaling $86,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 243 contributions totaling $62,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)