La Habra, California is a city located in the northwest corner of Orange County. The city has a rich political history and is currently represented by Mayor Tim Shaw, who was elected to his third term in 2020. La Habra has three council members: Councilman Steve Simonian, Councilwoman Rose Espinoza, and Councilman Jamey Foskett. Additionally, La Habra is part of the 29th Congressional District which is represented by Representative Gil Cisneros. All of these representatives can be found on the City of La Habra website, along with upcoming meetings and agendas. It is important for residents to stay informed about their local government so they can voice their opinions and support or oppose certain measures that may affect them directly or indirectly. Moreover, getting involved in politics at the local level helps give citizens a greater sense of ownership and responsibility for their city’s future.
The political climate in La Habra, CA is somewhat 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
La Habra, CA is somewhat 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.
La Habra, 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 La Habra, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,715 contributions totaling $392,920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,720 contributions totaling $460,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)