Commerce, California is a city in Los Angeles County that is home to over 12,600 people. The local government consists of a five-member City Council, which is responsible for enacting laws and policies that affect the community. Citizens in Commerce, CA are able to elect members of this council during local elections. At present, there are two main political parties represented in this area, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. In recent years, the Democrats have had a slight edge due to their strong support from the working class and Hispanic population in the city. Both parties have devoted supporters who work hard to ensure that their respective views are heard and taken into consideration by officials when making decisions about local policy issues. Political activism is an integral part of life in Commerce California with stronger representation for both sides as they strive for success in their respective agendas.
The political climate in Zip 90040 (Commerce, 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 90040 (Commerce, CA) is very liberal.
Commerce, 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.
Commerce, 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 90040 (Commerce)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 308 contributions totaling $89,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $15,643 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)