Walnut, CA is a small city located in southern California. It has a strong sense of community and the people are active in their local politics. The city has its own Mayor, City Council, and City Manager who work together to ensure the best possible outcome for the citizens of Walnut. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for setting policies that will benefit the city as well as fund public projects such as roads, parks, libraries, healthcare programs, and more. Additionally, they work closely with other agencies to ensure the safety and happiness of the residents. There are various local political campaigns throughout the year where candidates from all walks of life come out to promote their ideas and platforms for making Walnut a better place to live. From debates about budgeting to inspiring speeches about public education reform, it is clear that people here take an interest in their local politics and want to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Walnut, 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
Walnut, 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.
Walnut, 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 Walnut, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,773 contributions totaling $444,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,250 contributions totaling $298,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)