That's why Whole Foods does so well there...
Yes, there are many hard lefties here. Oh, are they ever! True, true, true. But it is also true that conservatives keep there mouths shut around here. You can tell a lot in this town by what people are not saying and how much they are not saying it. But yes, you have clearly spent some serious time in my neighborhood, I am so sorry you are gone, we need all the conservatives we can get (no matter what there cultural linage. This America for God's sake)! And yes, many Iranian ex pats are more conservative then people think.
I shop at Whole Foods too :-). The whole west side it seems or left side is a liberal enclave, but there are more conservatives here in Brentwood then in Santa Monica, I have found, but yes, not many.