The politics of 91755 Monterey Park, CA are led by the city council and mayor. The city council is currently composed of seven members who are voted in to serve four-year terms. Local elections are held every two years with a primary election in June followed by a general election in November. The mayor is elected at large to serve a four-year term and also presides as chair of the city council meetings. The city's local government focuses on providing services for its diverse population including fostering economic development, providing recreational opportunities, maintaining infrastructure, addressing public safety concerns and promoting quality of life issues. All residents have the right to voice their opinion on matters brought before the city council and can participate in decision-making through their vote.
The political climate in Zip 91755 (Monterey Park, 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 91755 (Monterey Park, CA) is very liberal.
Monterey Park, 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.
Monterey Park, 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 91755 (Monterey Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 654 contributions totaling $218,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $16,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)