The city of Malibu, California is a beautiful beachside community located in Los Angeles County. With its stunning views and laid-back lifestyle, it's no surprise that the residents of Malibu take politics seriously. The City of Malibu is part of the California State Assembly District 50 and is represented by Richard Bloom. At the Federal level, Malibu falls within the 33rd Congressional District and is represented by Ted Lieu. In addition to these representatives, the city also has a Mayor and five City Council members who are all elected to two year terms. Issues that are important to residents include protection of public safety, environmental stewardship, and fiscal responsibility. The local political candidates for the 2020 election are a mix of incumbents and newcomers, with each candidate having their own platform for what they would like to accomplish if elected. No matter which candidates win, it's clear that the citizens of Malibu will have an impact on how their city moves forward politically in the coming years.
The political climate in Zip 90265 (Malibu, 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 90265 (Malibu, CA) is strongly liberal.
Malibu, 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.
Malibu, 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 90265 (Malibu)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,806 contributions totaling $5,175,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,296 contributions totaling $3,279,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)