The city of Rialto, CA, located in San Bernardino County, is a diverse and vibrant community of about 96,000 people. The politics in Rialto are largely driven by the local government, which is managed by a five-member City Council. The current Mayor is Debra A. Martinez and the City Councilmembers are Ed Scott, Joe Baca Jr., Victor De La Torre III and Joseph M. Montanez Sr. The City Council meets regularly to discuss important issues facing the city such as public safety, infrastructure development and economic growth. They strive to bring together various groups of citizens in order to create an environment that fosters a sense of unity and progress in Rialto. In addition to local politics, residents have the opportunity to participate in state and federal elections as well as political discussions relating to the larger county or region they live in. With such a large population, there are plenty of opportunities for residents to get involved with their local government and take part in making decisions that affect their lives every day.
The political climate in Zip 92376 (Rialto, 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 92376 (Rialto, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Rialto, 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.
Rialto, 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 92376 (Rialto)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 345 contributions totaling $14,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $8,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)