Huntington Beach, CA located in Orange County is a vibrant beach city with over 200,000 inhabitants. In terms of politics, Huntington Beach is a predominantly conservative-leaning city and the majority of its residents are registered Republican. The current Mayor is Barbara Delgleize and the members of the City Council are Joe Carchio, Billy O'Connell, Erik Peterson, Mike Posey, and Lyn Semeta. All five of these individuals have been elected for another term after being reelected in 2018. They have all expressed their commitment to creating an environment that encourages economic development and addresses housing issues in Huntington Beach. Additionally, initiatives such as finding environmental solutions to reduce pollution and preserving open space are core principles of the city’s political leadership. Overall, Huntington Beach’s politicians strive to create a safe and prosperous community for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 92646 (Huntington 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 92646 (Huntington Beach, CA) is leaning liberal.
Huntington 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.
Huntington 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 92646 (Huntington Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,726 contributions totaling $379,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,237 contributions totaling $185,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)