Editing Greater Los Angeles (section)

==Politics==
{| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:1em 0 1em 1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Presidential Election Results for the Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside Consolidated Statistical Area'''
|+ ''' '''
|+ '''(Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino)'''
|-
! Year
![[GOP]]
![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]]
!Others
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|39.4% ''2,845,661''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''57.5%''' ''4,146,160''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% ''223,275''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|34.8% ''2,799,636''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''63.1%''' ''5,078,481''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% ''169,472''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|31.5% ''2,013,697''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''62.3%''' ''3,983,255''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% ''391,977''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|37.4% ''2,196,108''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''60.2%''' ''3,534,444''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% ''143,577''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|37.3% ''2,099,609''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''60.8%''' ''3,425,319''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''107,147''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|45.3% ''2,490,150''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''53.4%''' ''2,932,429''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''69,649''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|41.3% ''2,003,114''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''54.6%''' ''2,652,907''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.1% ''198,750''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|38.3% ''1,661,209''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''51.3%''' ''2,220,837''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.4% ''449,706''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|33.8% ''1,657,151''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''45.0%''' ''2,202,345''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.2% ''1,038,448''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''53.8%''' ''2,408,696''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|45.0% ''2,014,670''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% ''54,441''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''60.6%''' ''2,614,904''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|38.3% ''1,650,231''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% ''48,225''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''55.5%''' ''2,187,859''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|35.0% ''1,381,285''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.5% ''374,993''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''50.8%''' ''1,877,267''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|46.7% ''1,728,532''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% ''93,554''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''57.7%''' ''2,346,127''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|38.7% ''1,573,708''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% ''146,653''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''50.3%''' ''1,836,478''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|43.0% ''1,570,478''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% ''247,280''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|44.0% ''1,578,837''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|'''55.9%''' ''2,006,184''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''2,488''
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffcccb;"|'''50.8%''' ''1,677,962''
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ADD8E6;"|48.9% ''1,612,924''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|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 (United States)|Republican Party]]. [[Los Angeles County]], the most populous of the region, is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] stronghold, although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984). [[Riverside County]], [[San Bernardino County]], and [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] have historically leaned toward the Republican Party but have started shifting leftward in recent years. [[Ventura County]] is politically divided.