The city of Irvine, CA (92614) is an extremely vibrant community with plenty of political activity. As the population grows, more and more local politics have come to light. The current Mayor of Irvine is Christina Shea who has been in office since 2016 and was re-elected in 2020 for her third term. The City Council consists of six members, each elected by district for four-year terms. The Mayor and Council work together to pass ordinances, approve budgets for the city, review policy changes, and provide a voice for their constituents. Additionally, there are several ballot measures that require voter approval every few years on various topics such as tax reform, transportation funding, zoning regulations and environmental protection. The city also holds regular elections for other positions such as school board members and local judges. All these representatives are dedicated to making sure that the needs of the citizens are met in order to keep Irvine a safe and thriving community.
The political climate in Zip 92614 (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 92614 (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 92614 (Irvine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,359 contributions totaling $470,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 573 contributions totaling $1,762,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,076 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)