The city of La Mirada, CA (90638) is a suburban city located in Los Angeles County. With a total area of 7.2 square miles, it is home to an estimated population of 48,527 people as per the 2018 census estimates. It is governed by a five-member City Council elected by the residents and their mayor. The current mayor of La Mirada is Richard Jones since June 2016, while the current members of the City Council are Steve Enslow, Casey Beaumont, Larry Mowles, and Andrew Sarega. The City Council works together with its citizens to ensure that all their needs are met and that the political landscape of La Mirada remains positive and prosperous. They have worked together to bring new businesses to the city as well as ensure that existing businesses stay in business. Additionally, they support many local organizations such as schools and libraries which allow them to continue providing educational opportunities for the youth living in the 90638 zip code area.
The political climate in Zip 90638 (La Mirada, 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 90638 (La Mirada, CA) is strongly liberal.
La Mirada, 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.
La Mirada, 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 90638 (La Mirada)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,413 contributions totaling $94,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 381 contributions totaling $67,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)