Westminster, CA is a city located in Orange County, California. It is currently governed by a five-member City Council and Mayor Tyler Diep. The City Council meets monthly to make decisions on the city’s local politics, which include setting the budget priorities for the city, approving land use ordinances, and creating laws that benefit the citizens of Westminster. With its diverse population of over 90 thousand people, Westminster is home to many small businesses and commercial industries that benefit from the infrastructure and services provided through its local government. The City Council works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to resources that allow them to thrive – such as recreation centers, libraries, parks, public safety initiatives, and more. By having a strong local government in place, Westminster can continue to remain a safe and prosperous community for all who live here.
The political climate in Westminster, 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
Westminster, 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.
Westminster, 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 Westminster, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,069 contributions totaling $1,737,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,123 contributions totaling $813,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)