Las Flores (Orange County), California is a diverse and vibrant community that is deeply invested in its local politics. Members of the community often come together to discuss and debate the issues that affect their lives, such as taxes, education, healthcare, civil rights, and environmental protection. Local candidates running for office are held to high standards by the residents of Las Flores, who want elected officials who will act in the best interest of their community and who share their values. Every election season brings with it a flurry of activity as candidates make their case for why they should be chosen to lead. The residents of Las Flores take time to evaluate each candidate’s qualifications and promises before making an informed decision on who to vote for. As a result, politics in Las Flores are seen as an important part of life and never far from the conversation.
The political climate in Las Flores (Orange County), 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
Las Flores (Orange County), 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.
Las Flores (Orange County), 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 Las Flores (Orange County), CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 915 contributions totaling $72,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 397 contributions totaling $135,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)