The politics in 92651 Laguna Beach, CA are typically centered around the city's local government. The City of Laguna Beach is a charter city and has a council-manager form of government. The City Council consists of five members elected by the public, including the mayor who serves as chairperson. In addition to its legislative powers, the City Council also appoints various commissions and committees that help guide and shape policy decisions. These include committees such as the Planning Commission and Traffic Safety Committee that help advise on development issues and traffic safety initiatives, respectively. All of these organizations play an important role in shaping the political landscape of Laguna Beach.
The political climate in Zip 92651 (Laguna Beach, 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 92651 (Laguna Beach, CA) is leaning liberal.
Laguna Beach, 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.
Laguna Beach, 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 92651 (Laguna Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,514 contributions totaling $3,333,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,807 contributions totaling $1,276,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $707 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)