The city of Whittier, CA is governed by a city council that includes five members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Located in Los Angeles County, the city has a strong mayor-council form of government with the mayor being directly elected by the voters and serving as the chief executive. The current mayor is Joe Vinatieri, who is dedicated to working collaboratively with his colleagues on the City Council and all stakeholders in order to improve the community. He works hard to encourage an active civic engagement and listens carefully to everyone’s views. With an emphasis on fiscal responsibility, Mayor Vinatieri has made it his mission to ensure that Whittier continues its tradition of offering essential services to its citizens while continuing to expand economic opportunities within the city. His efforts have helped maintain Whittier’s high quality of life for residents and visitors alike.
The political climate in Whittier, 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
Whittier, 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.
Whittier, 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 Whittier, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,662 contributions totaling $3,228,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,911 contributions totaling $1,906,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $487 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)