The city of Santa Ana, California, is located in Orange County and has a population of over 330,000 people. Santa Ana is the county seat and second-most populous city in Orange County. The politics in Santa Ana are heavily influenced by their diverse demographic and growing population. The local government is managed by a Mayor-Council system with seven council members representing the different districts within the city limits. The Mayor serves as the executive officer of the City and each Council member represents their district’s interests. Every two years during elections, voters choose from multiple candidates to represent them in their district as well as vote for the Mayor position when needed. These elections help shape local politics by allowing residents to voice their opinions on how they want their city to be managed and what types of issues need to be addressed.
The political climate in Zip 92705 (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 92705 (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 92705 (Santa Ana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,864 contributions totaling $518,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,039 contributions totaling $707,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)