Burbank, CA is a small city located in Los Angeles County with a vibrant and diverse population. The political landscape of Burbank is mainly shaped by the local government, which consists of the City Council, made up of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. They are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the city. Currently, Emily Gabel-Luddy is serving as Mayor and Sharon Springer is Vice Mayor. Burbank also works closely with state and federal representatives to ensure that their residents have access to the services they need. In addition, there are various local organizations such as the Burbank Democratic Club, Burbank Republican Club and Burbank Citizens for Good Government that advocate for political causes within the city.
The political climate in Burbank, 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
Burbank, 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.
Burbank, 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 Burbank, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,009 contributions totaling $1,858,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,355 contributions totaling $851,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)