The city of La Palma, California is a small city located in the southern part of Orange County. In 90623, the area is largely governed by the City Council and Mayor. The City Council consists of five members elected by the local residents to serve four-year terms. The Mayor is elected to serve two-year terms and presides over all meetings of the City Council. The current Mayor is Steve Hwangbo who has been in office since 2018. In addition, La Palma also has an active community with many local groups that provide input for policy decisions for their city. All citizens can participate in their local politics and are encouraged to do so as it helps create a better community for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 90623 (La Palma, 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 90623 (La Palma, CA) is somewhat liberal.
La Palma, 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.
La Palma, 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 90623 (La Palma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 600 contributions totaling $109,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 317 contributions totaling $114,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $361 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)