Claremont, California is an affluent city located in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County. The city has a rich political history and is known for its many high profile local elections. Claremont has a strong voter turnout rate and attempts to elect candidates that will best represent the interests of its citizens. As such, Claremont's politics often reflect the interests of its residents with regard to civic responsibility and environmental protection. In addition, the voters in Claremont are highly engaged on important topics such as education and healthcare reform as well as social justice issues. With this dedication to community action and political representation, it's no wonder why Claremont is regarded as a leader in local elections and politics in California.
The political climate in Claremont, 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
Claremont, 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.
Claremont, 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 Claremont, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,365 contributions totaling $1,282,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,538 contributions totaling $443,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)