Politics of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County has voted for the Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, although it did vote twice for Dwight Eisenhower (1952, 1956), Richard Nixon (1968, 1972), and Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984), the latter two of whom were Californians.

From 1920 to 1984 it could be considered as a reliable bellwether county which always voted for the eventual national winner.

[1] Northern Los Angeles County, which includes the cities of Santa Clarita, Lancaster, and Palmdale, has historically been a Republican stronghold, but has been shifting Democratic in recent elections.

The region currently leans Democratic in presidential elections, but less so than the rest of the county.

In the United States House of Representatives, Los Angeles County is divided among 17 congressional districts:[5] In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is divided among 13 legislative districts:[6] In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is divided among 24 legislative districts:[7] On November 4, 2008, Los Angeles County was almost evenly split over Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.