Ladera Ranch is a suburban community located in southern Orange County, California. It has a strong sense of community, with many organized events and activities designed to bring its residents together. On the local political level, Ladera Ranch is part of the 33rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Harley Rouda. On the state level, it is part of the 73rd Congressional District in the California State Assembly, represented by Republican Laurie Davies. As for local politics within Ladera Ranch itself, there are no elected representatives on any city or county boards. Instead, all decisions are handled by an elected board of directors that meets monthly and works together to discuss issues and create solutions for all residents. Additionally, each year citizens have the opportunity to participate in their annual Community Survey which allows them to express their opinions about the kind of future they want for Ladera Ranch. In this way, residents are able to be involved in making change locally while still staying connected with larger state and national politics.
The political climate in Ladera Ranch, CA is leaning conservative.
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
Ladera Ranch, CA is leaning conservative.
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.
Ladera Ranch, 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 Ladera Ranch, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,953 contributions totaling $1,213,842 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,205 contributions totaling $1,139,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)