The politics of 90002 Los Angeles, CA are largely shaped by the local and state governments. The city is part of the larger Los Angeles County and is represented by a number of members in both the California State Assembly and Senate. At the federal level, it is represented in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. In terms of issues, the area is mostly focused on reforming its infrastructure and tackling social issues such as homelessness, poverty, and crime. Additionally, the city also works towards creating greater economic opportunities for its residents through initiatives such as workforce development programs and small business incubators. Los Angeles County has been actively involved in campaigning on a variety of local issues with an emphasis on health care reform, transportation funding, public education reform, pollution reduction strategies, affordable housing options for low-income families, consumer protection laws and other important matters that affect daily life in 90002 Los Angeles.
The political climate in Zip 90002 (Los Angeles, CA) is very 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 90002 (Los Angeles, CA) is very liberal.
Los Angeles, California is very 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.
Los Angeles, 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 90002 (Los Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $9,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $12,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)