The city of Lancaster, CA is located in the northern Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert in Los Angeles County. It is home to over 160,000 people and serves as a hub for residents, businesses, and visitors alike. Politically speaking, Lancaster is part of the California’s 25th Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Mike Garcia. On the local level, Lancaster residents are served by several elected officials including Mayor R. Rex Parris and members of the City Council which include Angele Lahti-Jeppesen, Marvin Crist, Austin Bishop, Jerel Guzman and Ron Smith. They all work together to introduce new initiatives that support community growth while ensuring public safety remains a priority. Additionally, they promote economic development opportunities to bring more jobs and resources to the area.
The political climate in Zip 93535 (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 93535 (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 93535 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 544 contributions totaling $39,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $43,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)