Located in the South Bay of Los Angeles County, the city of Torrance, CA has a population of around 150,000 people. The local politics are led by Mayor Patrick Furey and the City Council which consists of George Chen, Aurelio Mattucci, Tim Goodrich, Heidi Ashcraft, and Leilani Kimmel-Dagostino. Mayor Furey’s term ends in November 2020 and he has announced his intention to run for re-election. The city council is responsible for setting policy and managing the city's budget. Torrance also elects representatives on the county level such as South Bay Supervisor Don Knabe who represents District 4. On a state level, Torrance is part of California's 33rd Congressional District and represented by Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán. At a national level, Torrance is part of California's 43rd Congressional District represented by Congressman Maxine Waters. All these representatives are active in tackling issues such as crime prevention measures, community development programs and improvement projects for public safety.
The political climate in Zip 90503 (Torrance, 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 90503 (Torrance, CA) is strongly liberal.
Torrance, 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.
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 90503 (Torrance)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,252 contributions totaling $243,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 575 contributions totaling $79,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)