Castaic, CA is a small, unincorporated community located in Los Angeles County. It has a population of around 19,000 residents and is part of the Santa Clarita Valley. Politically, Castaic is represented by several local representatives and organizations. At the county level, it is represented by Supervisor Kathryn Barger from the LA County Board of Supervisors. The Santa Clarita Valley Health Care District provides health care services to the area's residents and businesses. Additionally, there are several local organizations such as Castaic Town Council that serve as political hubs for community members to gather and discuss local issues. On a larger scale, Castaic is also part of California’s 25th Congressional District which is currently held by Congressman Steve Knight. It is home to people who are politically active across the spectrum, from Democrats to Republicans to non-party affiliated citizens who all participate in making their community a better place for all its residents.
The political climate in Castaic, CA is somewhat 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
Castaic, CA is somewhat 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.
Castaic, 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 Castaic, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 548 contributions totaling $24,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $16,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)