Vernon, California is a small city located five miles from downtown Los Angeles. As of 2020, the city has just under 130 residents and covers just over four square miles of land. Although Vernon is its own municipality, it has always been tightly connected to the politics of Los Angeles. The current Mayor of Vernon is William \"Bill\" Davis. He was elected in 2019 and regularly works with local leaders to ensure that Vernon's best interests are looked out for in all negotiations with other cities and organizations. In addition to the mayor, there are six city council members who make important decisions for the future of Vernon. These council members are all dedicated to preserving and promoting the unique character and history of this small but vibrant city.
The political climate in Vernon, 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
Vernon, 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.
Vernon, 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 Vernon, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 686 contributions totaling $280,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $72,347 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)