South Whittier, CA is a small community in the Los Angeles area with a rich history of politics. The city has seen many changes over the years and political involvement from local citizens remains strong. South Whittier is served by a City Council that consists of five members, all elected by the community at large. The council is responsible for enacting laws and public policies, approving budgets, and taking action on important issues affecting the community. In addition to this, there are various non-profit organizations dedicated to supporting the local political environment and advocating for change in South Whittier. These groups work hard to ensure that every voice in the community is heard and represented fairly in local decision making processes. Participation in local politics is an important way for citizens to have their voices heard and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in South Whittier, 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
South Whittier, 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.
South Whittier, 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 Whittier, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,988 contributions totaling $269,380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 975 contributions totaling $154,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)