The small town of Mayflower Village, CA, is a peaceful and quiet community located in the foothills of California's Central Coast region. Despite its relatively small size, the town has an active political scene. Local issues such as zoning ordinances and tax increases are often hotly debated at City Council meetings, which are open to all members of the public. The Mayor and four members of the City Council are elected by popular vote every two years, and they in turn appoint a Town Manager who oversees various municipal departments. Residents can also get involved in local politics by joining citizen advisory committees or running for office themselves. Elections typically draw large numbers of passionate voters who want to have their voices heard on important matters that affect the town’s future. With its commitment to strong civic engagement, Mayflower Village is an example of how small towns can still have vibrant political life.
The political climate in Mayflower Village, 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
Mayflower Village, 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.
Mayflower Village, 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 Mayflower Village, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,419 contributions totaling $945,066 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 949 contributions totaling $747,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $788 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)