Laguna Niguel, CA is a vibrant community located in Orange County. The city has a council-manager form of government and is served by an elected City Council. The City Council consists of five members who are elected at-large to serve four-year terms, with elections taking place every two years for alternating seats. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are selected from the current council members and serve for one year at a time with no term limits. Working alongside the City Council is the City Manager, who is appointed by the Council to oversee the daily operations of Laguna Niguel. \nThe city of Laguna Niguel takes its political process seriously, giving residents the opportunity to make their voices heard through public comment periods held during council meetings and other outreach events. Laguna Niguel also supports multiple civic organizations that focus on voter registration, youth development, environmental protection, and more. In addition, local ballot measures regularly appear on election ballots allowing voters to have their say on important issues affecting their local community.
The political climate in Laguna Niguel, 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 Niguel, 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 Niguel, 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 Niguel, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,022 contributions totaling $2,516,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,151 contributions totaling $2,480,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $481 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)