Newport Beach, CA is a coastal city located in Orange County. It has a strong political presence, with local elections taking place for City Council and the Mayor every two years. Various candidates from both major and minor political parties put their names forward for election, bringing different perspectives to the table. The city has many popular issues on its agenda such as the preservation of local beaches, public safety, housing affordability and development projects. All of these issues are actively discussed by city council members and other local civic leaders throughout Newport Beach. As a result, citizens are encouraged to participate in the local political process by voting or becoming politically involved in any way they can.
The political climate in Newport Beach, 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
Newport Beach, 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.
Newport Beach, 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 Newport Beach, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40,176 contributions totaling $15,287,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13,348 contributions totaling $17,704,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)