Calabasas, California is an affluent city in Los Angeles County located just 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It is part of the Conejo Valley, a region known for its natural beauty and luxury lifestyle. Politically, the city is part of the 23rd Congressional District which is represented by Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu. Locally, Calabasas residents are represented by City Council members who are elected from the four districts within the city limits. The City Council meets twice a month to discuss policy issues and hear public comment on important topics such as planning, development, traffic safety and public services. Through these meetings, local politics in Calabasas remain transparent and accessible to all members of the community.
The political climate in Calabasas, 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
Calabasas, 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.
Calabasas, 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 Calabasas, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,074 contributions totaling $6,291,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,489 contributions totaling $1,128,893 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)