The city of Claremont, California is located in the Los Angeles County area and has a population of 35,637 people as of 2019. The city has a mayor-council style of government where the mayor serves as the chair for the city council, which is composed of five members who serve four year terms. The mayor and two at-large members are elected by all registered voters while three district representatives are voted upon by their respective districts. Local politics in 91711 Claremont are focused on issues such as economic development, public safety, social services, education, transportation, and growth management. In recent years, local residents have taken an active role in the political process and have worked to pass initiatives that address local needs such as improving infrastructure and traffic flow throughout the community. Additionally, many Claremont residents have become involved with a variety of local organizations that address issues related to sustainability and environmental conservation.
The political climate in Zip 91711 (Claremont, 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
Zip 91711 (Claremont, CA) is strongly liberal.
Claremont, California 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.
Claremont, 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 zip 91711 (Claremont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,876 contributions totaling $923,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,043 contributions totaling $346,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)