Manhattan Beach, California is located in Los Angeles County and is a thriving community of nearly 35,000 people. Politically, the city leans Democratic with a majority of residents voting for the party in presidential elections. At the local level, politics are handled by the Manhattan Beach City Council which consists of five council members elected by citizens to serve four-year terms. On any given day, the city councilors are tackling issues like traffic management, zoning regulations, environmental issues, public safety and more. With an ever-growing population and diverse infrastructure needs, decisions made by these five individuals have a large impact on the entire city's future. Every two years the citizens can vote for their local representatives and make sure that their needs are being met and that they have a voice in their own government.
The political climate in Zip 90266 (Manhattan Beach, 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 90266 (Manhattan Beach, CA) is strongly liberal.
Manhattan Beach, 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.
Manhattan Beach, 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 90266 (Manhattan Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,404 contributions totaling $3,433,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,841 contributions totaling $1,356,642 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $737 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)