The city of Irvine, California is located in the southern part of Orange County and has a population of over 280,000 people. The city is home to many different political views and there are several political candidates running for office in the area. These candidates come from all walks of life, ranging from long-time residents to more recent transplants to the area. There are representatives at the federal, state, and local levels that are vying for votes in the 92620 zip code. Some of the major issues discussed by these politicians include education reform, public safety initiatives, environmental protection measures, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and social justice programs. All of these topics have been heavily debated within the community and have been addressed with varying amounts of success. The people of Irvine are passionate about their political views and it is clear that local politics plays an important role in their lives.
The political climate in Zip 92620 (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 92620 (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 92620 (Irvine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,149 contributions totaling $500,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 652 contributions totaling $162,870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)