Tustin, CA is located in Orange County and is a small city with a population of over 80,000 people. The city is politically divided between Republicans and Democrats, and both major parties have held various local offices. In 2016, the two-term incumbent Republican Mayor Al Murray was re-elected with almost 70% of the vote. In addition to the Mayor, there are five City Council members that serve four year terms. These five council members are elected by the citizens through district elections and they focus on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development. The current City Council is comprised of three Democrats and two Republicans who often collaborate on issues facing Tustin residents. The City Hall has an active role in the political process by engaging in advocacy efforts for city initiatives and hosting community forums to discuss important topics affecting the city.
The political climate in Zip 92780 (Tustin, 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 92780 (Tustin, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Tustin, 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.
Tustin, 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 92780 (Tustin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,713 contributions totaling $224,911 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 929 contributions totaling $559,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $602 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)