Laguna Beach, CA is an idyllic seaside community located in Southern California with a population of around 24,000 people. It is the quintessential beach town and a popular tourist destination. Politically, Laguna Beach has leaned towards being more liberal and progressive in recent elections. In the 2019 municipal election, five candidates ran for three seats on the City Council and all unanimously won by advocating for environmental sustainability practices, affordable housing initiatives, public safety improvements, and increased support for local businesses among other issues. In 2020's presidential election, the majority of Laguna Beach residents voted Democratic indicating strong liberal leanings within the city's electorate.
The political climate in Laguna 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
Laguna 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.
Laguna 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 Laguna Beach, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32,612 contributions totaling $6,260,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,432 contributions totaling $4,257,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $573 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)