South El Monte, CA is located in Los Angeles County and is home to a diverse population of over 20,000 people. The city is governed by five members of the City Council who are elected by the residents of South El Monte to represent their interests and policy initiatives in the city. These local leaders work hard to ensure that their constituents have access to quality services such as public safety, parks and recreation, housing, economic development, and community enhancements. In addition to these local representatives, South El Monte also has several state representatives who serve in higher government offices and advocate on behalf of the city’s citizens at the state level. All levels of government are committed to providing resources for South El Monte's residents and businesses so that everyone can prosper.
The political climate in South El Monte, 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
South El Monte, 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.
South El Monte, 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 South El Monte, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 806 contributions totaling $1,841,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,285 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $1,070,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,521 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)