Hawaiian Gardens is a small city located in Los Angeles County, California. The city has a population of less than 15,000 and is considered a working-class suburb of the larger metropolitan area. Politically, the city leans liberal and is represented at both the state and federal levels by Democrats. At the local level, Hawaiian Gardens residents have two elected council members who serve on the city's five-member council. They are tasked with representing their constituents' interests and advocating for them in matters related to public services, economic development, public safety, infrastructure, parks and recreation programs. Additionally, the council members are responsible for setting policy goals to be achieved through sound fiscal management and efficient government operations. Together with other elected officials across Los Angeles County, they strive to ensure that Hawaiian Gardens residents receive quality municipal services and have access to all of the economic opportunities available in Los Angeles County.
The political climate in Zip 90716 (Hawaiian 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 90716 (Hawaiian Gardens, CA) is very liberal.
Hawaiian 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.
Hawaiian 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 90716 (Hawaiian Gardens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 514 contributions totaling $32,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $102,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)