Paramount, CA is a city located in Los Angeles County, with a population of approximately 55,000 people. Despite its small size, Paramount is home to an active and engaged political environment. The City Council consists of five elected members who work together to set policy and make decisions that affect the entire community. On the local level, there are several different organizations and events that support progressive causes and help to bring awareness to important issues. Every election cycle brings out strong candidates who are passionate about improving life in Paramount for all citizens.
The political climate in Paramount, 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
Paramount, 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.
Paramount, 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 Paramount, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,101 contributions totaling $63,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $53,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)