Los Alamitos, California is a small city located in Orange County. Politically, the city has been represented by Republicans in most local offices for many years. On the state level, Los Alamitos is represented by a mix of Democratic and Republican representatives, depending on which district they reside in. Issues important to residents include affordable housing, education funding, and public safety. Local candidates for political office are focused on addressing these concerns while maintaining fiscal responsibility within the city. The local government is committed to creating an environment that allows businesses to thrive and individuals to feel safe and secure in their community. Through initiatives such as increasing police presence and expanding access to quality education programs, Los Alamitos is striving towards a more inclusive future for its citizens.
The political climate in Los Alamitos, CA is leaning liberal.
Orange County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Orange County, CA 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.4%.
Orange county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Los Alamitos, CA is leaning liberal.
Orange County, California is somewhat liberal.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro Area is very liberal.
California is strongly liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Los Alamitos, California: R R r r d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Los Alamitos, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,262 contributions totaling $1,180,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,763 contributions totaling $800,655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)