El Monte, California is a vibrant city located in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County. Politically, El Monte is known for its strong values of democracy and progressivism. The city's government is run by an elected Mayor and five-member City Council who are responsible for setting local policies and making decisions that best serve El Monte's citizens. The Mayor and Council work to ensure that the city remains as safe, clean, and prosperous as possible. Additionally, they strive to protect the rights of the area's diverse population, while creating a more equitable society through initiatives that improve economic opportunity and education. El Monte also participates in numerous regional collaborations with other cities to promote public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and transportation solutions. Therefore, residents can be sure that their representatives are working hard to make sure that El Monte continues to be a great place to live.
The political climate in El Monte, CA is very 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
El Monte, CA is very 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.
El Monte, 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 El Monte, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,139 contributions totaling $2,766,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $538 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,469 contributions totaling $1,859,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)