The city of Buena Park, California is located in Orange County and is part of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. It has a population of over 81,000 people according to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau estimate. It has a diverse economy that includes tourism, retail, manufacturing, and other industries. The city is governed by five elected members on the City Council who serve four-year terms. The mayor is elected separately for two-year terms and also serves as an ex officio member of the City Council. The current Mayor is Art Brown, who was first elected in November 2013. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are several appointed boards and commissions that work together to ensure the citizens’ interests are being represented fairly on local political issues. These include committees such as the Planning Commission, Public Works Board, Parks & Recreation Board, Traffic Commission and more. All of these bodies strive to make sure Buena Park remains a great place to live and visit while taking into account budgetary constraints and long-term city planning initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 90621 (Buena Park, 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 90621 (Buena Park, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Buena Park, 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.
Buena Park, 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 90621 (Buena Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,389 contributions totaling $105,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $73,803 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $513 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)