El Segundo, CA is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. It has a long history of strong civic engagement and is home to many diverse and politically active residents. The City Council of El Segundo is comprised of five council members elected at large for four-year terms, and the Mayor is also elected for a four-year term. The Mayor serves as both the presiding officer and an ordinary member of the City Council. Elections are held every two years, usually in April or May. Over the years, El Segundo residents have voted on a wide range of issues such as creating local parks and recreational facilities, making zoning changes, developing transit infrastructure, and addressing public safety concerns. Political campaigns often focus on issues such as quality of life, public safety, environmental protection, economic development, education reform, and public access to civic services. With its diverse population and strong civic involvement from citizens and businesses alike, El Segundo creates an environment that encourages political participation from all residents.
The political climate in Zip 90245 (El Segundo, 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 90245 (El Segundo, CA) is strongly liberal.
El Segundo, 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.
El Segundo, 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 90245 (El Segundo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,571 contributions totaling $268,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 381 contributions totaling $108,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)