La Quinta, CA is a charming town located in Riverside County. It has a small population of just over 35,000 people and is known for its resorts, golf courses, and outdoor recreation. Politically, La Quinta follows the general trend of Riverside County and California overall. The county leans Democratic and has historically voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1992. At the local level, La Quinta is represented by representatives from both major political parties in both the state legislature and the US Congress. In addition to these elected officials, citizens of La Quinta have access to various resources such as public forums and local committees that allow them to become more involved in their community's political life.
The political climate in La Quinta, CA is leaning 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
La Quinta, CA is leaning 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.
La Quinta, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 La Quinta, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,175 contributions totaling $915,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,250 contributions totaling $2,482,592 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $584 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)