Politics in 90808 Long Beach, CA are vibrant and ever-evolving. Politically, the city is represented by councilmember Roberto Uranga of the 7th district who has held office since 2005. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with Robert Garcia serving as Mayor since 2014. Long Beach serves as a progressive example for other local cities in California with policies that focus on sustainability, education, economic development, social justice and public safety. Regardless of political affiliation, all residents can agree on supporting these core values and striving to make their city a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 90808 (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 90808 (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 90808 (Long Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,945 contributions totaling $267,845 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 621 contributions totaling $120,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)