Glendale, CA is a vibrant city with an active political landscape. Local government is overseen by the Glendale City Council, which is composed of seven members who are elected by citizens within each of the seven council districts. Elections for the Glendale City Council take place every two years in November and serve to determine which candidates will represent the interests of their constituents. The mayor and vice mayor are elected by a majority vote of all councilmembers. In addition to local government, Glendale also participates in county and state politics, with representatives from both levels representing the interests of the city's residents in legislative matters. As a whole, Glendale takes its civic duty seriously and strives to ensure that its citizens have access to fair representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Glendale, 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
Glendale, 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.
Glendale, 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 Glendale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50,965 contributions totaling $8,174,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,391 contributions totaling $2,069,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)