The politics in 90016 Los Angeles, CA can be quite complex and involve numerous local, state, and national elected officials. There are a number of different political parties that have representation in the area, including Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Greens, and others. The city of Los Angeles is governed by the mayor-council system with the Mayor being the executive authority. City council members are elected from each of the 15 districts to represent their constituents’ interests. The California Senate and Assembly also have representatives who serve 90016 Los Angeles. On the national level there are two Senators representing California in Washington DC as well as several House Representatives for various congressional districts located in 90016 Los Angeles. All of these representatives are committed to representing their constituents’ best interest while dealing with issues on a larger scale.
The political climate in Zip 90016 (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 90016 (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 90016 (Los Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,919 contributions totaling $191,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $6,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)