Tustin, California is a vibrant and diverse community located in Orange County. The city has an active local government that strives to provide its residents with the best services possible. Local politicians focus on advocating for public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives to support the city’s growth. Issues such as housing affordability and homelessness are also addressed with solutions focused on collaboration between government entities and non-profits. Tustin is home to many successful businesses due to its strong economy which provides jobs and resources for residents. With its elected officials working hard to keep Tustin a great place to live, it is easy to see why so many people choose this flourishing city as their home.
The political climate in Tustin, 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
Tustin, 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.
Tustin, 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 Tustin, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,838 contributions totaling $2,281,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,374 contributions totaling $1,926,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)