Politics
Year | GOP | DEM | Others |
---|---|---|---|
2008 | 37.3% 2,099,609 | 60.8% 3,425,319 | 1.9% 107,147 |
2004 | 45.3% 2,490,150 | 53.4% 2,932,429 | 1.3% 69,649 |
2000 | 41.3% 2,003,114 | 54.6% 2,652,907 | 4.1% 198,750 |
1996 | 38.3% 1,661,209 | 51.3% 2,220,837 | 10.4% 449,706 |
1992 | 33.8% 1,657,151 | 45.0% 2,202,345 | 21.2% 1,038,448 |
1988 | 53.8% 2,408,696 | 45.0% 2,014,670 | 1.2% 54,441 |
1984 | 60.6% 2,614,904 | 38.3% 1,650,231 | 1.1% 48,225 |
1980 | 55.5% 2,187,859 | 35.0% 1,381,285 | 9.5% 374,993 |
1976 | 50.8% 1,877,267 | 46.7% 1,728,532 | 2.5% 93,554 |
1972 | 57.7% 2,346,127 | 38.7% 1,573,708 | 3.6% 146,653 |
1968 | 50.3% 1,836,478 | 43.0% 1,570,478 | 7.3% 247,280 |
1964 | 44.0% 1,578,837 | 55.9% 2,006,184 | 0.1% 2,488 |
1960 | 50.8% 1,677,962 | 48.9% 1,612,924 | 0.3% 10,524 |
Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County, the most populous of the region, is a Democratic stronghold, although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968, 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984). Ventura County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County lean towards the Republican Party. Orange County is a Republican stronghold and has been carried by every Republican presidential candidate since 1940.
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