Lawndale, CA is a city located in Los Angeles County, and boasts a vibrant political culture. Local politics in Lawndale consists of representatives on the Lawndale City Council as well as members of the local school board. Issues facing the city include economic development, public safety measures, and development of infrastructure and public works projects. The city council works to pass ordinances that address these issues while also promoting environmental sustainability and taking steps towards social justice reform. Additionally, candidates for local offices often hold debates to discuss their stances on issues relevant to Lawndale and surrounding areas. As Lawndale continues to grow, its leaders continue to strive to ensure that the voice of its citizens is heard when it comes to decisions being made about how the community should progress.
The political climate in Lawndale, 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
Lawndale, 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.
Lawndale, 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 Lawndale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,936 contributions totaling $370,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 925 contributions totaling $163,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)