Politics in 90274 Palos Verdes Estates, CA are mainly focused on improving local city operations and services. The mayor and four council members, elected for four-year terms, are responsible for creating policy and making decisions that benefit the residents of the community. They work to ensure the safety of residents, invest in community programs, increase economic development opportunities, and provide high-quality public services. The current mayor of Palos Verdes Estates is George Bird while the council members are Steven Zuckerman, Mark Montgomery, John Addison, and Laura Doud. All five city officials work together to ensure their constituents' needs are met and that the community thrives.
The political climate in Zip 90274 (Palos Verdes Estates, 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 90274 (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) is strongly liberal.
Palos Verdes Estates, 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.
Palos Verdes Estates, 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 90274 (Palos Verdes Estates)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,348 contributions totaling $1,763,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,931 contributions totaling $2,003,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $684 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)