Santa Ana, California is the county seat of Orange County and is an important political hub in the state. The city is represented by a number of state legislators, including Lou Correa (D-46th District), Tom Umberg (D-34th District), and Jordan Brandman (D-65th District). In addition to state government representation, Santa Ana also has a Mayor and City Council that are responsible for local decision-making. The current Mayor is Miguel Pulido, who was elected in 2018. The city council consists of seven members who serve four year terms. Issues that are commonly discussed by the City Council include public safety, economic development, education, housing affordability, environmental protection, transportation improvements and other matters related to the daily lives of Santa Ana residents.
The political climate in Santa Ana, CA is moderately 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
Santa Ana, CA is moderately 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.
Santa Ana, 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 Santa Ana, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,927 contributions totaling $2,297,451 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,475 contributions totaling $3,977,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $727 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)