The city of Torrance, California is located in the 90501 zip code and is home to a diverse population of nearly 145,000 people. Politically, the city leans slightly left with many residents expressing progressive views on issues related to civil rights and social justice. In recent years several progressive candidates running for office have been elected including Nils Nehrenheim and George Chen who both serve on the Municipal City Council. Torrance also has two members in the California State Assembly representing the area, Al Muratsuchi and Autumn Burke who share similar beliefs on progressive issues and work together to address local concerns. The city has seen its fair share of political activity from various organized groups that come together to fight for their causes while keeping an eye on local government activities.
The political climate in Zip 90501 (Torrance, 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 90501 (Torrance, CA) is very liberal.
Torrance, 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.
Torrance, 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 90501 (Torrance)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,436 contributions totaling $153,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 595 contributions totaling $175,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)