Cerritos, California is a vibrant and diverse city located in the Los Angeles County. Politically, it is very active and engaged with its residents having a say in local decisions. The City Council is composed of five elected officials who work together to make decisions for the benefit of the community. Each councilmember serves four-year terms and are elected by Cerritos residents in non-partisan elections. In addition, Cerritos has an active local political landscape with various candidates vying for office every election cycle. From school board trustees to county supervisors, residents have plenty of options when choosing their political representatives. Furthermore, special interest groups and organizations regularly advocate for issues important to Cerritos' residents. Overall, politics in Cerritos is a lively affair that engages citizens and promotes civic participation.
The political climate in Cerritos, 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
Cerritos, 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.
Cerritos, 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 Cerritos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,033 contributions totaling $475,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,084 contributions totaling $282,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)