Maywood, CA is a small, diverse city located in Los Angeles County. It has a vibrant political landscape, with City Council members representing the various interests of the community. The mayor and five council members are elected to two-year terms in non-partisan elections held every two years in May. Residents take an active role in civic engagement, utilizing public forums to discuss local issues and participating in campaigns that advocate for community initiatives. In addition, there are several advocacy groups that are active on the local level, working to ensure that all voices are heard and represented in the political process. Through these efforts, Maywood is able to remain an engaged and progressive city where residents have a say in how their city is run.
The political climate in Maywood, 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
Maywood, 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.
Maywood, 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 Maywood, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 885 contributions totaling $83,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $66,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $697 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)