Lake Forest, California is a beautiful city located in Orange County. It is home to many active members of the community who are passionate about their local politics. In Lake Forest, citizens have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of political activities such as attending town hall meetings, voting in elections, and attending rallies to support causes they believe in. Furthermore, there are several local organizations dedicated to promoting civil discourse and civic engagement among the residents of Lake Forest. These organizations provide resources for citizens who want to better understand current political issues and take part in their local government’s decision-making process. Through these efforts, Lake Forest has become an engaged and informed community when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Lake Forest, 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
Lake Forest, 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.
Lake Forest, 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 Lake Forest, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,349 contributions totaling $2,164,655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,778 contributions totaling $1,833,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)