The politics of the 91205 zip code area in Glendale, California, are mostly reflective of the state's overall political climate. With a population of over 24,000 people, the area is represented by several local and statewide elected officials. At the federal level, Congresswoman Judy Chu represents most of the area as part of California's 27th Congressional District. In the State Assembly, Chris Holden currently serves as Assembly Member for the 41st district which includes Glendale. On a county level, Kathryn Barger is the Los Angeles County Supervisor for District 5 which covers Glendale. On a local level, four members serve on Glendale City Council as representatives for their respective districts – Ardy Kassakhian (District 4), Paula Devine (District 5), Vartan Gharpetian (District 6) and Dan Brotman (District 7). All of these elected officials work to represent their constituents in promoting policies that enhance quality of life and create better opportunities for everyone in Glendale.
The political climate in Zip 91205 (Glendale, CA) is very 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 91205 (Glendale, CA) is very liberal.
Glendale, California is very 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.
Glendale, 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 91205 (Glendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,089 contributions totaling $132,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $59,228 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)