Politics in 92603 Irvine, CA center around the local city government and the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The Irvine City Council is composed of five members who are elected to four-year terms by the residents of Irvine. The City Council makes decisions on various issues such as land use planning, public safety, libraries, parks and recreation, economic development, and community services. The Orange County Board of Supervisors serves as the county's legislative body responsible for setting policies regarding county finances, health care, public works projects, and emergency services. Both bodies strive to serve the needs of all residents and businesses in 92603 Irvine by providing quality services that meet their expectations.
The political climate in Zip 92603 (Irvine, CA) is leaning 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 92603 (Irvine, CA) is leaning liberal.
Irvine, California is leaning 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.
Irvine, 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 92603 (Irvine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,775 contributions totaling $646,847 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,056 contributions totaling $988,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $936 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)