Located in the south-east corner of Los Angeles County, the city of Bell Gardens, CA is a small but diverse community with a population of around 44,054. The city is primarily governed by a five-member City Council elected at-large and led by a directly elected Mayor. Bell Gardens is part of California's 33rd Congressional District, which is represented by Democratic Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. At the state level, the city falls within California's 58th district which is currently held by Democratic Assembly Member Cristina Garcia. In addition, Bell Gardens City Council members are dedicated to ensuring that local resources are allocated in an equitable manner in order to best serve their constituents and provide public safety services, infrastructure improvements, recreational activities and other essential services.
The political climate in Zip 90201 (Bell Gardens, 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 90201 (Bell Gardens, CA) is very liberal.
Bell Gardens, 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.
Bell Gardens, 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 90201 (Bell Gardens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $153,692 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $483 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $3,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)