Bellflower, CA is a city located in Los Angeles County. The city has been governed by Mayor Juan Garcia since 2009. Bellflower has a City Council which is composed of five members: Mayor Garcia, Vice-Mayor Sally Lopez, Councilmember Ron Smith, Councilmember Toni Martinez and Councilmember Sonny Santa Ines. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm to discuss issues related to local politics such as economic development, public safety, parks and recreation, planning and zoning matters, and other issues. Bellflower prides itself on being an open government with many opportunities for citizens to get involved in their local politics. There are several ways for citizens to become involved including attending council meetings, joining one of the several volunteer boards or commissions available in the city or simply getting out and voting. The City Council works hard to make sure that all voices in Bellflower are heard when it comes to making decisions about their community's future.
The political climate in Bellflower, 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
Bellflower, 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.
Bellflower, 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 Bellflower, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,205 contributions totaling $60,341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 355 contributions totaling $75,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)