Carson, CA is a city located in the south bay region of Los Angeles County, and is home to approximately 91,714 people. The city has an active local politics scene, with the City Council being responsible for representing the interests of the community. The City Council is composed of five members who are elected by Carson residents every four years. Current members include Elito Santarina, Jawane Hilton, Lula Davis-Holmes, Mike Gipson and Harold Williams Jr. The City Council works to address issues that affect the daily lives of Carson residents such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, housing and homelessness initiatives. In addition to this work, they also strive to create economic opportunities that are beneficial for all Carson citizens. With their combined efforts and commitment to serve their constituents, it is clear that the City Council of Carson continues to be a powerful force within the local political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 90746 (Carson, 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 90746 (Carson, CA) is strongly liberal.
Carson, 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.
Carson, 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 90746 (Carson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,022 contributions totaling $92,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $10,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)