In 92843 Garden Grove, CA, politics have a big impact on the local community. The city is served by a five-member City Council that represents four districts in Garden Grove and a Mayor who is elected at-large for a two year term. Each district seeks candidates from within their boundaries to run for the City Council seat, and anyone living in Garden Grove is eligible to vote. Additionally, the City of Garden Grove participates in state and federal elections with its residents voting for representatives in Congress, California State Assembly, and other offices. Local initiatives also involve the opinion of its citizens when it comes to matters such as taxation or major infrastructure projects. The politics of 92843 Garden Grove provide an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard and shape their community鈥檚 future.
The political climate in Zip 92843 (Garden Grove, 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 92843 (Garden Grove, CA) is somewhat liberal.
Garden Grove, 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.
Garden Grove, 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 92843 (Garden Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 600 contributions totaling $50,546 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $39,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)