Lake Forest, California

==Government==
[[File:Lake Forest CA (2013) 04.JPG|thumb|Former Lake Forest City Hall]]

[[Marine Corps Air Station El Toro]] was located one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) from the city of Lake Forest in the city of [[Irvine, California|Irvine]]. At one time, El Toro was considered a military town, but the city blossomed independently in the 1980s and 1990s before the base closed in 1999.{{clarify|date=October 2010}}

Doug Cirbo serves as Lake Forest's Mayor and Mark Tettemer serves as Mayor ''Pro Tempore''. In addition to Cirbo and Tettemer, the three other City Council members are Robert Pequeno, Scott Voigts, and Benjamin Yu.

===State and federal representation===
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Lake Forest city vote<br/> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livevoterturnout.com/Orange/LiveResults/precincts_6.pdf|title=Precinct results |date=2020 |website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.38%''' ''23,810''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.40% ''20,638''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.21% ''1,006''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2016 |access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.00% ''16,221''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''46.76%''' ''16,488''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|7.24% ''2,553''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2012 |access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.72% ''13,307''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.57%''' ''18,484''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.71% ''885''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2008 |access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.23% ''14,937''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.40%''' ''18,034''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.37% ''802''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/e13/sov1.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2013 |access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.71% ''11,200''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.11%''' ''20,691''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.18% ''381''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2000/gen2000-SOV.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2000 |access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.13% ''10,968''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.56%''' ''18,386''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.31% ''1,005''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote51996cali|title=Statement of vote|last=California. Secretary of State|date=March 30, 1968|publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.19% ''7,511''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.94%''' ''12,069''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|10.87% ''2,389''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote31992cali|title=Statement of vote|last=California. Secretary of State|date=March 30, 1968|publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.58% ''6,908''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''45.76%''' ''11,464''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|26.66% ''6,680''
|}
In the [[California State Legislature]], Lake Forest is in {{Representative|casd|37|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|72|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 | title = California Districts
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = January 5, 2023
 }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Lake Forest is in {{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}},.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|40}}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California]], as of February 10, 2019, Lake Forest has 46,014 registered voters. Of those, 17,329 (37.66%) are registered Republicans, 13,402 (29.13%) are registered Democrats, and 13,080 (28.43%) have no political party preference/are independents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019|website=ca.gov|access-date=June 26, 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Historically, Lake Forest has, like most of southern Orange County, been a Republican fortress in presidential elections. Changing demographics and the intensely polarizing urban/rural divide, however, has made Lake Forest more fertile footing for Democrats, who in recent elections have been trimming the GOP margins in the city. In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] became the first Democratic presidential nominee to win Lake Forest since its incorporation.