The city of Tustin, California is an important part of the Orange County region. It has a rich political history and currently serves as the home to many local elected officials. Tustin is known for its civic engagement, with a high voter turnout in each election. The city is represented by Mayor Al Murray, who has served since 2018. He is joined on the City Council by members Steve Valensky, Amy Bechtel, John Nielsen, and Becky Gomez-Smith. Together they help shape the future of Tustin through legislation and initiatives that impact their constituents’ lives. They work closely with other Orange County representatives to ensure that the needs of their community are always met. From school boards to county matters, these representatives are hardworking in their efforts to make 92782 one of the best places to live in California.
The political climate in Zip 92782 (Tustin, 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 92782 (Tustin, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Tustin, 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.
Tustin, 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 92782 (Tustin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,346 contributions totaling $610,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $453 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $163,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)