Los Angeles County, California is a large and diverse area with many political interests. With its population of over 10 million people, the county is home to an array of cities, each with its own culture and unique governing body. Los Angeles’s state representatives serve in both local government and in the California State Assembly. There are numerous political organizations and campaigns that focus on improving the lives of Los Angeles County residents. From grassroots efforts to national platforms, these initiatives seek to provide reforms in areas such as healthcare access, education reform, environmental protection, civil rights protection, economic development, ending homelessness, and more. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors serves as an important legislative body for the county’s citizens by making laws and deciding how tax dollars will be used to support public services like transit, health care, libraries and parks. In addition to these elected officials there are various non-profit organizations that advocate on behalf of individuals living in LA County and work to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to policy decisions that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in 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
Los Angeles County, CA 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.
Los Angeles, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Los Angeles County, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 990,872 contributions totaling $285,773,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103,690 contributions totaling $96,185,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $928 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)