The city of Irvine, CA (92604) is located in Orange County. It is a relatively young city, having been incorporated in 1971. Politically, Irvine is a Democratic stronghold with over 56% of registered voters being Democrats as of 2020. In addition to the Democratic Party, other prominent political parties represented in Irvine include the Green Party and Libertarian Party. At the local level, Irvine has had two mayors since 2010: Christina Shea and current mayor Farrah Khan. The City Council consists of five members elected by district for four-year terms and serves as the legislative arm of the City. The City also has an active community engagement program that encourages residents to become more involved in local politics and help shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Zip 92604 (Irvine, 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 92604 (Irvine, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Irvine, 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.
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 92604 (Irvine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,026 contributions totaling $188,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $114,519 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)