Palos Verdes Estates is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. This city is known for its fantastic coastal views, luxury homes, and excellent schools. Politics in Palos Verdes Estates are led by the City Council which consists of five members elected at-large to staggered four-year terms. The City Council meets regularly to discuss topics like budgeting, infrastructure improvements, zoning matters, and public safety. In addition to the City Council, citizens of Palos Verdes Estates can get involved politically through groups such as the Chamber of Commerce or local non-profits which are actively engaged in improving the city’s quality of life. Residents can also become informed about political issues on the municipal level by attending town hall meetings or reading reports posted on the City's website.
The political climate in Palos Verdes Estates, 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
Palos Verdes Estates, 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.
Palos Verdes Estates, 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 Palos Verdes Estates, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,348 contributions totaling $1,763,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,931 contributions totaling $2,003,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $684 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)