The city of Lancaster, CA is the largest city in the Antelope Valley and a hub for local politics. It is located in Los Angeles County and the population as of 2020 was estimated to be around 167,000 people. The current mayor of Lancaster is R. Rex Parris, who was elected into office in 2008. He has been re-elected several times and remains at the helm of the city’s political activities. Another prominent figure in Lancaster politics is Councilwoman Sherry Marquez, who has served on the council since 2009 and currently chairs the Public Safety Committee. Additionally, there are four seats on the City Council that are up for election every two years. Each candidate must be a resident of Lancaster and be qualified to vote in order to run for these seats. There are also numerous other political positions available within local government, such as City Treasurer, City Clerk, and Planning Commissioners who help determine policy and development plans for Lancaster's future growth.
The political climate in Zip 93534 (Lancaster, 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 93534 (Lancaster, CA) is strongly liberal.
Lancaster, 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.
Lancaster, 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 93534 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 492 contributions totaling $86,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 381 contributions totaling $152,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)