Duarte, California is located in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County. It is a small community with a population of just over 21,000 people. The political landscape in Duarte is largely dominated by the Democratic Party, with nearly all representatives in local government affiliated with their party. The current Mayor of Duarte is Margaret Finlay, who was first elected to office in 2016 and has been re-elected twice since then. Other members of city government include City Councilmembers John Fasana, Margaret Harris, Kyle Miller, and Anthony Cantrell. These elected officials work closely together to serve the people of Duarte and ensure that their needs are met. They strive to create an environment where everyone can thrive and have access to necessary resources. The politics in Duarte are driven by dedication to the community and ensuring the well being of its citizens.
The political climate in Duarte, 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
Duarte, 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.
Duarte, 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 Duarte, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,762 contributions totaling $823,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 687 contributions totaling $151,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)