Rancho Palos Verdes is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, and it has a long history of political involvement and development. Since its incorporation as a city in 1973, the area has been served by elected officials on various levels including the City Council, local school board, and other county-wide or state representatives. The City Council is currently made up of five members who are elected to four-year terms to represent their constituents and oversee all aspects of government. Rancho Palos Verdes also actively engages with local school boards that make decisions about the education system in the area. Voters in Rancho Palos Verdes can become involved with politics by casting their ballots during each election cycle and participating in town hall meetings or other public forums. Additionally, the city supports multiple initiatives such as encouraging volunteerism and promoting civic engagement through partnerships with local organizations. All of these efforts create an atmosphere of political involvement that helps shape the future of Rancho Palos Verdes.
The political climate in Rancho Palos Verdes, 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
Rancho Palos Verdes, 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.
Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,927 contributions totaling $3,107,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,558 contributions totaling $2,588,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)