La Palma, California is a small city located in the southern portion of Orange County. The city is home to approximately 15,000 residents, and takes pride in its community atmosphere and quality of life. Politically, La Palma operates under a council-manager form of government. The five-member City Council is elected by the citizens at large and consists of the mayor and four councilmembers. Together they set policy for the city and appoint a professional City Manager to oversee the administration. The Council holds regular public meetings where residents can discuss local politics with their elected representatives. It also works closely with other governmental entities such as school districts to ensure that La Palma remains an inviting place to live. As such, it is committed to providing services that benefit all its residents and preserving its unique sense of community spirit.
The political climate in La Palma, 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 Palma, 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 Palma, 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 Palma, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,665 contributions totaling $238,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 906 contributions totaling $217,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)