Cudahy, California is a small city located in the south end of Los Angeles County. The city has a population of 23,805 according to the last census taken in 2020. While Cudahy has its own local government, it is largely overseen by Los Angeles County and its board of supervisors. In terms of politics, Cudahy is strongly Democratic with 64% of registered voters being Democrats and 31% being Republicans. There is also a growing Latino voting bloc in the city which has grown significantly over the last few elections. Currently there are no local political candidates representing Cudahy as all seats on both the City Council and Planning Commission are currently held by Democrats from Los Angeles County. However, due to an ongoing trend of increasing diversity in Cudahy, it is likely that local candidates will begin running for office soon as people become more politically active in the city.
The political climate in Cudahy, 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
Cudahy, 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.
Cudahy, 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 Cudahy, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,063 contributions totaling $193,343 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $15,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)