South Gate, CA is a city in Los Angeles County that has experienced substantial growth and economic development over the last few decades. The politics of the city are focused on making sure that South Gate remains a vibrant, prosperous community for all its citizens. The current mayor of South Gate is Maria de la Luz Garcia, who was elected into office in 2016 and has since been re-elected two times. Thanks to her efforts, the city has seen an increase in jobs and investment as well as improved quality of life for residents. South Gate City Council members are also dedicated to improving the quality of life for citizens by focusing on issues like public safety, parks and recreation facilities, infrastructure improvements, and affordable housing. All of these efforts come together to make South Gate an inviting place to live and work that provides opportunities for all citizens.
The political climate in South Gate, CA is very 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
South Gate, CA is very 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.
South Gate, 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 South Gate, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 503 contributions totaling $69,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $185,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)