The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area is an important center of politics in the United States. Home to nearly 13 million people and over 88 cities, this densely populated area has significant influence in the national political landscape. It regularly contributes to some of the highest voter turnout rates in the country, drawing attention from politicians and candidates across the spectrum. The diverse population of this area allows for a multitude of perspectives in its politics, with a wide range of issues that affect those living within it. There are numerous local initiatives to address such issues as healthcare, education, crime prevention and environmental protection that are regularly discussed at both local and national levels. With its expansive reach into many different communities around it, this metro area has an unparalleled opportunity to shape the future of American politics.
The political climate in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro Area is very liberal.
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro Area 66.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.8% to 31.1%.
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,187,656 contributions totaling $320,655,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166,153 contributions totaling $132,512,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $798 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)