The city of Long Beach, CA 90803 is located in Los Angeles County and is home to a diverse population of over 470,000 people. The city is governed by a council-manager system which consists of a Mayor and 9 City Councilmembers who are all elected at-large. At the county level, Long Beach residents are represented on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Janice Hahn. On the state level, both Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell and Senator Lena Gonzalez represent Long Beach in Sacramento. In terms of local political action, Long Beach has seen an increase in civic engagement with voters increasingly taking part in elections for mayor and city council members. This increased participation has led to greater attention to issues such as public safety, housing affordability, and community services. Overall, politics in Long Beach plays an important role in shaping the future of this vibrant city.
The political climate in Zip 90803 (Long Beach, 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 90803 (Long Beach, CA) is strongly liberal.
Long Beach, 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.
Long Beach, 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 90803 (Long Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,538 contributions totaling $844,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,456 contributions totaling $806,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)