The city of South Whittier, located in 90605 of California, is a part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is represented by the state assembly member Cristina Garcia and the state senator Bob Archuleta. On the local level, South Whittier is governed by a five-member City Council, with councilmembers elected to four-year terms through at-large elections. The current mayor is Fernando Dutra and other members include Jose Lara, Maria Mendez, Andrew Rodriguez and Roxanne Burgos. All local decisions are made by this governing body in order to best serve the needs of South Whittier's residents. Issues that have been discussed recently include public safety, economic development and quality of life initiatives for South Whittier’s citizens.
The political climate in Zip 90605 (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 90605 (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 90605 (South Whittier)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 855 contributions totaling $74,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $44,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)