Politics in Santa Ana, CA 92701 are dominated by the Democratic Party. The city is represented in the United States Congress by Democrat Gil Cisneros who serves as the Representative for California's 39th District. At the state level, Santa Ana is represented by Senator Tom Umberg and Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva. On the local level, Miguel Pulido has served as Mayor since 1994 and his current city council consists of Ceci Iglesias, David Penaloza, Juan Villegas, Roman Reyna, Jose Solorio and Teresa Conde. Santa Ana has a long history of progressive policies that focus on protecting its diverse population and providing access to quality education and healthcare services. Additionally, leaders in Santa Ana have championed several social justice reforms such as increasing police oversight and strengthening anti-discrimination measures. As a result of these policies, Santa Ana continues to be one of the most vibrant cities in Orange County.
The political climate in Zip 92701 (Santa Ana, 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 92701 (Santa Ana, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Santa Ana, 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.
Santa Ana, 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 92701 (Santa Ana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 671 contributions totaling $96,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $206,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,605 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)