The politics in Artesia, CA are local and dynamic. It is a small city located within Los Angeles County and is home to approximately 17,500 people. Artesia residents elect local candidates for City Council, Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer positions. The current mayor of Artesia is Ali Taj who was first elected in 2018. He ran on a platform of increasing economic development opportunities as well as improving the overall quality of life in the city. The current four-member City Council consists of two incumbents and two new members that were elected in 2020. The Council meets regularly and takes action on all matters concerning the city including finances, recreation, public safety and more. Artesia residents also have the opportunity to vote on state-wide initiatives during elections as well as participate in public forums where opinions can be voiced. Overall the politics in Artesia are constantly evolving and provide citizens with ample opportunities to become involved and shape their local government.
The political climate in Artesia, 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
Artesia, 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.
Artesia, 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 Artesia, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $45,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $69,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)