The city of Aliso Viejo, CA (92656) is a political stronghold for the Republican party. The city has traditionally been a conservative one with Republican candidates winning most elections. The current mayor is Phillip Tsunoda, who was elected in 2016 and is running unopposed for re-election in 2020. In addition to the Mayor, there are five City Council members on the Aliso Viejo City Council. They are all currently Republicans who have been in office since 2016 when they were first elected. The Republican party’s stances on taxes, business and social issues have traditionally been popular among the citizens of Aliso Viejo, making it an important target for Republican candidates during election seasons. Despite this trend, Democratic candidates have occasionally had some success in local elections, primarily due to their focus on issues such as healthcare and education which are important issues to many Aliso Viejo residents.
The political climate in Zip 92656 (Aliso Viejo, 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 92656 (Aliso Viejo, CA) is leaning liberal.
Aliso Viejo, 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.
Aliso Viejo, 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 92656 (Aliso Viejo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,724 contributions totaling $252,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 743 contributions totaling $230,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)