Monterey Park, CA is a diverse city located in Los Angeles County. As of 2019, it had a population of over 60,000 people and is made up of multiple cultural groups including Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans, and Filipino Americans. As such, the political landscape of Monterey Park is reflective of its diversity. Residents have elected local leaders from across the political spectrum, from more conservative candidates to more liberal representatives. The City Council is also composed of members from different backgrounds that are chosen by residents during elections every two years. The City Council then elects the Mayor among themselves who serves for a two year term as well. Currently, there are several local politicians running for re-election in Monterey Park this year. These candidates represent various points of view within the community and will continue to shape the future of the city's politics going forward.
The political climate in Monterey Park, 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
Monterey Park, 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.
Monterey Park, 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 Monterey Park, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,356 contributions totaling $1,159,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 845 contributions totaling $469,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $555 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)