South Whittier, CA is a small city in Los Angeles County located about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The city has a population of around 30,000 people and is governed by five members elected to the City Council. Each councilmember serves a four-year term and the Mayor is selected from the councilmembers every two years. The City Council sets policy and legislation for the city and works with local businesses, organizations, and government agencies to ensure that South Whittier provides its residents with quality services. The City Council also makes decisions that affect neighborhoods, public safety, economic development, transportation projects, infrastructure improvements, parks and recreation programs, environmental planning initiatives, public art programs, zoning regulations and much more. Local political candidates are often focused on issues such as improving neighborhood safety, expanding recreational activities for all ages while keeping costs low for residents and businesses in their district.
The political climate in Zip 90604 (South Whittier, 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 90604 (South Whittier, CA) is strongly liberal.
South Whittier, 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.
South Whittier, 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 90604 (South Whittier)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 714 contributions totaling $47,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $25,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)