Mission Viejo, CA is a vibrant city located in Orange County, and it is politically represented by several distinct local political entities. It falls within the 34th Congressional District of California in the United States Congress, which is represented by Congressman Mike Levin, who was first elected to office in 2018. Additionally, Mission Viejo is part of the 68th Assembly District of California in the State Legislature, which is currently represented by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris. On the county level, Mission Viejo is represented on the Board of Supervisors of Orange County by Supervisor Doug Chaffee. Each of these representatives works hard to ensure that Mission Viejo residents are properly represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Mission Viejo, 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
Mission Viejo, 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.
Mission Viejo, 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 Mission Viejo, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,318 contributions totaling $4,828,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,741 contributions totaling $4,263,661 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)