Palmdale, CA is a city located in the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. The city has an active local government that is committed to providing excellent services and meeting the needs of its residents. The current Mayor of Palmdale is Steve Hofbauer and he has been in office since 2015. There are also five City Councilmembers who serve four-year terms and work closely with the Mayor on public policy issues. Additionally, the City of Palmdale holds elections for various offices throughout the year. Voter turnout for these elections is typically high as citizens take part in their civic duty to make sure their voices are heard. The political climate in Palmdale is generally quite progressive, with many local officials advocating for stronger public safety measures, better infrastructure, and improved educational opportunities for all residents.
The political climate in Palmdale, 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
Palmdale, 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.
Palmdale, 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 Palmdale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,772 contributions totaling $491,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,599 contributions totaling $664,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)