Editing Indian Wells, California (section)

==Politics==
Indian Wells is a largely Republican city. Since its incorporation in 1967, all Republican candidates for president and governor have carried Indian Wells, with the six Republican presidential candidates from 1968 to 1988, and the seven Republican gubernatorial candidates from 1970 to 1994 each carrying the city by a margin of at least 53 points.

Even as both the state of California and Riverside County trended more Democratic from the 1990s onward, the Republican presidential and gubernatorial candidates have continued to carry Indian Wells by large, albeit smaller margins.

The GOP also retains a very strong voter registration advantage in the city. As of August 30, 2021, there are 3,343 registered voters in the city of Indian Wells. Of these voters, 1,720 (51.45%) are registered Republicans, 868 (25.96%) are registered Democrats, and 557 (16.66%) are not registered with a political party. Indian Wells is one of three incorporated cities in Riverside County where the Republican party retains an outright majority of registered voters as of August 30, 2021, the other two being [[Canyon Lake, California|Canyon Lake]] and [[Norco, California|Norco]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 August 2021 |title=Report of Registration as of August 30, 2021 Registration by Political Subdivision by County |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-recall-2021/politicalsub.pdf |website=ca.gov}}</ref>

{| border = "2"
|+ Indian Wells city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supplement to Statement of Vote GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 2020 |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/ssov/complete-ssov.pdf |website=ca.gov}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.96% ''1,150''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.65%''' ''1,761''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.39% ''41''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supplement to the Statement of Vote Political Districts within Counties for President |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/ssov/pres-by-political-districts.pdf |website=ca.gov}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.22% ''773''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.59%''' ''1,624''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.19% ''79''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/ssov/pres-by-political-districts.pdf|title=Election data|website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov|access-date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709181147/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/ssov/pres-by-political-districts.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.80% ''674''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.24%''' ''1,913''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.96% ''25''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/ssov/5-pres-by-political-districts.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412175420/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/ssov/5-pres-by-political-districts.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.65% ''851''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.09%''' ''1,804''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.26% ''34''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2004-general/ssov/pres_general_ssov_all.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201073944/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2004-general/ssov/pres_general_ssov_all.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.27% ''686''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.11%''' ''1,909''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.61% ''16''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2000-general/ssov/pol-dis.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204023104/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2000-general/ssov/pol-dis.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.61% ''547''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.97%''' ''1,737''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.42% ''33''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref name="elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov">{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1996-general/ssov/president-pol-district.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204023107/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1996-general/ssov/president-pol-district.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.91% ''403''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.22%''' ''1,411''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.86% ''113''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/ssov/ssov-complete.pdf|title=Election data|website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov|access-date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204051111/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/ssov/ssov-complete.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16.56% ''299''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.63%''' ''1,095''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|22.81% ''412''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote81988cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.64% ''239''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.51%''' ''1,276''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.85% ''13''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote61984cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11.28% ''137''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''88.23%''' ''1,072''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.49% ''6''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote41980cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.32% ''138''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''78.47%''' ''707''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.22% ''56''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote1976cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.11% ''81''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''85.54%''' ''491''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.35% ''2''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197072cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11.26% ''42''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''87.67%''' ''327''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.07% ''4''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/californiastate196668cali|title=California statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1962}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.38% ''42''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''81.16%''' ''237''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.45% ''13''
|-
|}

{| border= "2"
|+ Indian Wells city vote<br /> by party in gubernatorial elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 2022|2022]]<ref name="ReferenceB1">{{cite web |url=https://www.voteinfo.net/elections/20221108/docs/District%20Canvass_20221201165854810.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207091916/https://www.voteinfo.net/elections/20221108/docs/District%20Canvass_20221201165854810.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.42% ''912''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.58%''' ''1,589''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]<ref name="ReferenceB2">{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-pol-districts.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716095143/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-pol-districts.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.02% ''763''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.98%''' ''1,620''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/ssov/governor-pol-districts.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731082149/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/ssov/governor-pol-districts.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.88% ''661''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.12%''' ''1,290''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/ssov/governor-all.pdf|title=Election data|website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov|access-date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=July 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716095119/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/ssov/governor-all.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.89% ''567''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.34%''' ''1,764''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.77% ''42''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-general/ssov/gov_by_all.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201071003/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2006-general/ssov/gov_by_all.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|13.31% ''293''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''85.69%''' ''1,886''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.00% ''22''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2002-general/ssov/gov-pol-dis.pdf|title=Election data|website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov|access-date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921065233/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2002-general/ssov/gov-pol-dis.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.86% ''387''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.66%''' ''1,422''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.48% ''46''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1998|1998]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote31998cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.50% ''509''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.60%''' ''1,261''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.90% ''16''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1994-general/ssov/governor-pol-district.pdf|title=Election data|website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov|access-date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921074600/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1994-general/ssov/governor-pol-district.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|14.69% ''268''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''84.48%''' ''1,541''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.82% ''15''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1990|1990]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-general/ssov/governor-pol-district.pdf |title=Election data |website=elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804105238/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1990-general/ssov/governor-pol-district.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19.53% ''284''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.30%''' ''1,153''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.17% ''17''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1986|1986]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote41986cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|11.91% ''137''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''87.22%''' ''1,003''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.87% ''10''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1982|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote21982cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.41% ''179''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.13%''' ''694''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.46% ''4''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197879cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.14% ''119''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.96%''' ''422''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.91% ''22''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1974|1974]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote197374cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive|year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.80% ''70''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''83.52%''' ''370''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.68% ''3''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[California gubernatorial election, 1970|1970]]<ref name="auto1"/>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|12.80% ''37''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''86.16%''' ''249''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.04% ''3''
|-
|}

===Representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Indian Wells is in {{Representative|casd|19|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|47|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Indian Wells is in {{Representative|cacd|41|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|41}}</ref>