Greater Los Angeles Area

Politics

**Presidential Election Results**
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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