The politics in 90017 Los Angeles, CA are constantly changing and evolving. This is due to the large population of the area as well as its diverse demographics. The city is divided into two congressional districts- California's 34th and 37th districts- with each district having its own representative in Congress. On the local level, 90017 Los Angeles has a variety of city and county representatives. These include members of the Los Angeles City Council, California State Assembly, and California State Senate. In addition to these elected officials, important decisions are made by a variety of appointed officials in the area. All of these political figures work together to make policies that best represent the needs of their constituents and serve their communities in 90017 Los Angeles.
The political climate in Zip 90017 (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 90017 (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 90017 (Los Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,875 contributions totaling $1,645,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $878 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $2,056,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $8,192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)