Seal Beach, CA is a small beachfront town in Orange County, located between Long Beach and Huntington Beach. Politically, Seal Beach leans right as it is part of the 48th congressional district represented by Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel. At the state level, Seal Beach falls into both the 72nd and 74th districts of California, which are currently represented by Republican Assembly members Tyler Diep and William Brough respectively. The town of Seal Beach has an elected mayor who also serves as one of the five members of City Council. Local citizens have the opportunity to participate in politics by voting on any issues that come up for a vote or discuss important matters with their local representatives at council meetings. The city makes sure to keep their residents informed by hosting debates and town hall meetings on different topics throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 90740 (Seal Beach, 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 90740 (Seal Beach, CA) is leaning liberal.
Seal Beach, 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.
Seal Beach, 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 90740 (Seal Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,619 contributions totaling $422,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,548 contributions totaling $208,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)