The politics in 90049 Los Angeles, CA are mainly influenced by the local and state governments. The local government is responsible for making decisions that directly affect the day-to-day life of the residents, such as public safety, infrastructure development, education, and more. At the state level, California’s political landscape is diverse with many competing interests from a variety of different ideologies. Each year in November, people living in 90049 have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates who will represent them in Congress and other positions of authority. Although election season can be contentious at times, participating in the democratic process is an important part of being a resident within this community.
The political climate in Zip 90049 (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 90049 (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 90049 (Los Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,464 contributions totaling $12,746,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,429 contributions totaling $3,812,863 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,570 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)