The politics of 92688 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA are currently dominated by the Republican Party. In recent elections, the majority of local candidates have been members of the party. Currently there is only one city council member representing the Democratic Party in the area, and they have consistently run unopposed in recent years. The area tends to favor conservative policies and values, with most local ballot initiatives passing without much opposition or debate. Voter turnout in this region is usually quite high, with more than half of eligible voters participating in every election cycle. This is likely due to the fact that many residents take a vested interest in their community's political issues and feel strongly about making sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 92688 (Rancho Santa Margarita, 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 92688 (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) is leaning liberal.
Rancho Santa Margarita, 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.
Rancho Santa Margarita, 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 92688 (Rancho Santa Margarita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 915 contributions totaling $72,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 397 contributions totaling $135,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)