Lakewood is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. It has a vibrant political climate, with many prominent local politicians. Residents of Lakewood have the opportunity to vote for members of the City Council, who are responsible for setting policies on issues such as taxation, public safety, and quality of life. The City Council consists of five members who are elected at-large for four-year terms. Additionally, Lakewood also has state representatives and members of Congress who serve their constituents. Through voting and other forms of civic engagement, residents have an active role in determining the direction of their city's future.
The political climate in Lakewood, 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
Lakewood, 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.
Lakewood, 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 Lakewood, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,360 contributions totaling $2,153,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,703 contributions totaling $290,057 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)