Politics in Placentia, CA are dominated by the local government. The city is represented on the Orange County Board of Supervisors by District 1 Supervisor Andrew Do, who was elected in 2014. On the state level, Placentia is located within the 33rd Assembly district and is represented by Sharon Quirk-Silva. At the federal level, Placentia is located within California’s 39th Congressional district, which is represented by Democrat Gil Cisneros. The city also has its own mayor and council that are elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Placentia is Rhonda Shader. The City Council consists of two members from each of Placentia's five 'super-blocks.' In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are also several other political committees working towards bettering the community in areas like education, transportation, public safety and more.
The political climate in Placentia, 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
Placentia, 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.
Placentia, 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 Placentia, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,226 contributions totaling $1,156,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,639 contributions totaling $974,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)