The city of Costa Mesa, CA is located in Orange County and has an estimated population of 112,500. The city is governed by six members of the City Council that are elected by voters in the community every two years. Costa Mesa has a mayor who presides over all city council meetings and a City Manager who oversees daily operations. Costa Mesa voters have a wide range of candidates to choose from in local elections. In 2020, some of the local political candidates that were running included Katrina Foley for Mayor, Jay Humphrey for City Council District 6, Andrea Marr for City Clerk, and Fred Brossy for Treasurer. All of these candidates ran on platforms that focused on topics such as public safety, economic development, housing affordability, transportation infrastructure, and environmental sustainability. Through their active involvement in the election process and engaging with local voters about their platform stances, Costa Mesa citizens have had the opportunity to cast their votes for representatives that will help shape the policies and infrastructure of this city into the future.
The political climate in Zip 92626 (Costa Mesa, 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 92626 (Costa Mesa, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Costa Mesa, 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.
Costa Mesa, 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 92626 (Costa Mesa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,928 contributions totaling $677,388 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,664 contributions totaling $783,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)