The politics in 90048 Los Angeles, CA is largely influenced by the city’s population. According to the 2010 Census, over 35,000 people call this zip code home and many of them are passionate about the issue facing their community. The most common political topics discussed in 90048 include healthcare, climate change, immigration and economic policies. Local political candidates running for office range from progressive Democrats to conservative Republicans and many other parties in between. These candidates offer voters a wide range of perspectives on how issues should be addressed and many focus their campaigns on specific issues within the community such as housing affordability or public transportation infrastructure. By voting for a candidate who best represents their views on these topics, citizens can voice their opinion and make sure that their concerns are taken into consideration.
The political climate in Zip 90048 (Los Angeles, 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 90048 (Los Angeles, CA) is strongly liberal.
Los Angeles, 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.
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 90048 (Los Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,798 contributions totaling $2,828,219 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 487 contributions totaling $393,823 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $809 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)