In the city of Whittier, California, politics remain an important part of the local community. The City of Whittier is governed by a seven-member Council that is elected at large and serves four-year terms. The Mayor is also elected at large and serves a two-year term. The Mayor chairs Council meetings and has the power to vote in all matters before the Council. The political landscape in Whittier consists of members from many parties representing a range of viewpoints on different issues. All members work together to make decisions that are best for the community and its residents. Additionally, voters have the opportunity to choose between local candidates during elections to ensure their voice is heard and taken into consideration when making decisions that affect their lives and livelihoods.
The political climate in Zip 90603 (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 90603 (Whittier, CA) is strongly liberal.
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.
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 90603 (Whittier)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,065 contributions totaling $64,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $61,899 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)