The politics of Garden Grove, California are lively and active. The city is a part of the larger Orange County and is represented at the county level by its five-member Board of Supervisors. At the state level, Garden Grove is represented by three representatives in the California State Assembly and two senators in the Senate. The city regularly holds elections for local offices such as mayor, city council members, treasurer, and clerk. In addition to these offices, citizens can also choose to vote on ballot initiatives that may affect their local taxes or other aspects of their lives. Overall, Garden Grove has a vibrant political atmosphere that keeps its residents engaged in the democratic process.
The political climate in Garden Grove, 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
Garden Grove, 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.
Garden Grove, 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 Garden Grove, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,128 contributions totaling $1,094,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,841 contributions totaling $806,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)