Santa Ana, California, located in Orange County, is a major hub for politics in the region. The city is part of the 46th Congressional District which is represented by Republican Congresswoman Mimi Walters. On the state level, Santa Ana is part of California's 68th Assembly District which is represented by Democratic Assemblymember Tom Daly. Additionally, Santa Ana residents are also part of the 34th State Senate District which is currently held by State Senator Janet Nguyen who is also a Republican. At the local level, Santa Ana has its own City Council with seven members all elected by city residents on a nonpartisan basis to four-year terms. The City Council oversees all major decisions for Santa Ana and works closely with the Mayor to ensure that laws and regulations are properly enacted and enforced in order to benefit their community.
The political climate in Zip 92706 (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 92706 (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 92706 (Santa Ana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,350 contributions totaling $201,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $77,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)