Pico Rivera, CA is a vibrant city located in Los Angeles County. It has a strong sense of local pride with many residents actively engaging in the political process. There are several organizations that advocate for the needs of the community and work to increase voter turnout in local elections. The City Council is responsible for setting policies and laws that affect Pico Rivera residents, such as zoning ordinances and regulations on development projects. Local campaigns focus on issues like public safety, infrastructure, education, and economic development. The community also works closely with state legislators to ensure their interests are represented at the state level. Overall, Pico Rivera is an engaged city where politics play an important role in shaping its future.
The political climate in Pico Rivera, 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
Pico Rivera, 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.
Pico Rivera, 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 Pico Rivera, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,992 contributions totaling $2,129,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,018 contributions totaling $1,212,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)