Garden Grove, California is located in the heart of Orange County and is a culturally diverse city. Garden Grove has a long history of political engagement that dates back to its incorporation as a city in 1956. In recent years, the city has seen an influx of new residents from across the country and around the world, making Garden Grove's politics and elections even more interesting. The City Council is composed of five members elected by district and the Mayor, also elected at-large. Each member serves for four years and residents can participate in local elections by registering to vote with the Orange County Registrar of Voters. In 2019, two council members were reelected while one was newly-appointed due to a vacancy left by a previous councilmember who had resigned. There are also several organized political campaigns throughout the year to inform voters about local issues and candidates running for office. It is important for citizens of Garden Grove to stay involved in their community's politics and take part in local elections to ensure their voices are heard on important matters that affect their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 92840 (Garden Grove, 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
Zip 92840 (Garden Grove, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Garden Grove, California 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.
Garden Grove, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 92840 (Garden Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 782 contributions totaling $79,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 307 contributions totaling $35,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)