Lancaster, California is a city located in Los Angeles County with a population of around 160,000 people. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and four City Council Members who each serve four-year terms. Local politics are focused on issues such as economic development, public safety, transportation infrastructure, and providing quality services to the community. In recent years a number of initiatives have been undertaken including job growth through the creation of new businesses and aiding in existing local business expansions. Additionally, the city has prioritized making improvements to its parks and recreation facilities as well as increasing public safety services. The current political candidates in Lancaster, CA are running for election this year and have prioritized many of these same issues while also advocating for increased government transparency.
The political climate in Lancaster, CA is strongly liberal.
Los Angeles County, CA is very liberal. In Los Angeles County, CA 71.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Los Angeles county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.0% to 26.9%.
Los Angeles county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lancaster, CA is strongly liberal.
Los Angeles County, California is very liberal.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro Area is very 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.
Lancaster, California: D D 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 Lancaster, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,429 contributions totaling $409,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,169 contributions totaling $706,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)