The city of Newport Beach, CA (92662) is an affluent coastal community located in the Southern part of Orange County. It is governed by a seven-member City Council who are responsible for enacting laws and setting policy. Each member represents one of five districts within the city and two members are elected at-large. The current mayor is Kevin Muldoon and the current Vice Mayor is Scott Peotter.
City politics in Newport Beach focus on strengthening public safety, preserving its beautiful beachfronts, keeping taxes low, and implementing development projects that will improve the quality of life for its residents. Issues that have been important to locals include improving public infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks; maintaining Newport Beach’s fiscal health; protecting beach access; and encouraging responsible growth through development regulations. Community involvement plays an important role in local politics with residents attending City Council meetings to voice their opinions and concerns about important issues.
The political climate in Zip 92662 (Newport 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 92662 (Newport Beach, CA) is leaning liberal.
Newport 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.
Newport 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 92662 (Newport Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 547 contributions totaling $92,788 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $313,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)