Hawthorne, California is a city located in Los Angeles County. The city has been home to many diverse cultures throughout its history, and this diversity is reflected in its current political atmosphere. The Hawthorne City Council consists of five members who are elected by the local community and are responsible for making important decisions regarding the city's laws, policies, and budgets. In addition to the City Council members, Hawthorne also elects representatives to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as well as Congressmen and Senators on both the state and national levels. This ensures that local residents have a say in how their government functions and ensures that their interests are represented in decision-making processes. Furthermore, Hawthorne holds regular public forums where residents can voice their opinions on various topics related to local politics. This helps keep citizens involved in all aspects of their community and provides an avenue for them to express their views to their elected officials.
The political climate in Hawthorne, 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
Hawthorne, 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.
Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,252 contributions totaling $472,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 551 contributions totaling $180,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)