The politics in Los Angeles’ 90057 zip code are reflective of the city as a whole. The city is largely progressive, with the majority of voters leaning Democrat in recent elections. Most recently, Eric Garcetti was re-elected as Mayor of Los Angeles, winning 77% of the vote in this zip code. City Councilmember David Ryu also won 78% of the vote in 90057, and served as mayor for two years before that. At the state level, Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian and Senator Ben Allen both hold strong majorities in this zip code as well. All four have been key figures in passing legislation to improve housing affordability, reduce pollution, expand public transportation options, and support small businesses in Los Angeles.
The political climate in Zip 90057 (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 90057 (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 90057 (Los Angeles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 691 contributions totaling $334,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $19,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)