Rancho Palos Verdes, California is a small city located in the South Bay of Los Angeles. It has long been known as a safe and family-friendly community with relatively low crime rates. The local politics in 90275 Rancho Palos Verdes focus on keeping the area safe and keeping taxes low for the residents. Every two years, local elections are held to elect members to the City Council who represent the interests of the community and work with city staff to ensure that public services and facilities meet the needs of its citizens. Recent candidates for City Council have included individuals from various backgrounds who believe in creating an environment where businesses can thrive while also prioritizing responsible fiscal policies. These candidates strive to ensure that everyone in Rancho Palos Verdes has access to quality public services while keeping taxes as low as possible.
The political climate in Zip 90275 (Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 90275 (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) is strongly liberal.
Rancho Palos Verdes, 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.
Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 90275 (Rancho Palos Verdes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,579 contributions totaling $1,344,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,627 contributions totaling $585,217 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)