London, CA is a small town nestled in the San Francisco Bay Area with a population of approximately 12,000. The town is served by a five-member Town Council, who are elected to staggered four-year terms. The council works alongside the Mayor and Vice Mayor to ensure that the citizens of London receive excellent services and amenities. In addition to providing basic services like police protection, garbage collection, water supply, and street maintenance, the Town Council also manages local programs like parks and recreation, public library services, youth activities, community events and festivals. The political landscape in London is vibrant and active with many local candidates running for office every year. Candidates come from all backgrounds and offer unique perspectives on how to best serve their constituents. With an emphasis on strong community values and collaboration between all levels of government, London has become an example of healthy civic engagement throughout California.
The political climate in London, CA is somewhat liberal.
Tulare County, CA is leaning conservative. In Tulare County, CA 45.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulare county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.0%.
Tulare county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
London, CA is somewhat liberal.
Tulare County, California is leaning conservative.
Visalia Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
London, California: R R R R r r
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 London, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $8,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $29,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)