Westlake Village, CA is a beautiful city situated in Ventura County that is home to around 8,000 people. The city is governed by a municipal government that is led by the mayor and four members of the Westlake Village City Council. The mayor and council are responsible for setting local policies and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the municipality. As part of their responsibilities, they also work with state and federal representatives to ensure that Westlake Village's interests are heard in legislative matters regarding education, transportation, public safety, and other important issues. The most recently elected mayor of Westlake Village was Mary Bedoian who was re-elected in 2018. She has been joined on the City Council by Karen Hunt, Tony Lazzarini, Matt Stroud, and Rick Pruett. Together these leaders strive to bring about positive change while protecting Westlake Village's unique environment and quality of life.
The political climate in Westlake Village, CA is moderately 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
Westlake Village, CA is moderately 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.
Westlake Village, 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 Westlake Village, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,261 contributions totaling $1,541,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,424 contributions totaling $1,318,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)