Orange County, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Political history=== From the mid-20th century until the 2010s, Orange County was known as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold and consistently sent Republican representatives to the state and federal legislatures—so strongly so, that [[Ronald Reagan]] described it as the place that "all the good Republicans go to die."<ref name="ARELLANO" /> Republican majorities in Orange County helped deliver California's electoral votes to Republican nominees [[Richard Nixon]] in 1960, 1968, and 1972; [[Gerald Ford]] in 1976; Reagan in 1980 and 1984; and [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988. It was one of five counties in the state that voted for [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964. In [[1936 United States presidential election in California|1936]], Orange County gave [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a majority of its presidential vote. The Republican nominee won Orange County by double digits in the next seventeen presidential elections. Orange County's Republican registration reached its apex in 1991, 55.6% of registered voters.<ref name="will">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/16/orange-county-republican-hopes/ |title=Republicans aim to regain what used to be their California stronghold |newspaper=The Washington Post |first1=George |last1=Will |date=August 16, 2023 |access-date=August 23, 2023}}</ref> But with the 2008 election it began trending Democratic until Hillary Clinton won the county with an eight-point majority in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/results.htm |title=2016 Presidential General Election |website=Ocvote.com |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110134709/http://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/results.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-oc-clinton-20161109-story.html |title=Hillary Clinton turned Orange County blue. Minorities and college-educated women helped her. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first1=Seema |last1=Mehta |first2=Christopher |author-link2=Christopher Goffard |last2=Goffard |first3=Anh |last3=Do|name-list-style=amp |date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=July 24, 2018 |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724123513/http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-oc-clinton-20161109-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] further improved slightly on Clinton's 2016 margin of victory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Orange County, once a GOP bastion, goes for Biden over Trump |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-04/biden-on-track-to-give-democrats-presidential-win-in-orange-county |access-date=November 6, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 4, 2020 |archive-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105232113/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-04/biden-on-track-to-give-democrats-presidential-win-in-orange-county |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Politico.Silver>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/28/republicans-california-trump-gop-440385 |title=GOP finds silver lining in Trump's landslide California loss |publisher=Politico |last=Siders |first=David |date=November 28, 2020 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128123915/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/28/republicans-california-trump-gop-440385 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, the Republican party's registration was 33%, while the Democratic party's registration was 37.5%.<ref name="will"/> {{PresHead|place=Orange County, California|source=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |first=David |last=Leip |website=uselectionatlas.org |access-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919054213/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|676,498|814,009|31,606|California}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|507,148|609,961|80,412|California}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|582,332|512,440|27,892|California}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|579,064|549,558|25,065|California}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|641,832|419,239|14,328|California}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|541,299|391,819|37,787|California}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|446,717|327,485|90,374|California}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|426,613|306,930|239,006|California}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|586,230|269,013|10,064|California}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|635,013|206,272|8,792|California}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|529,797|176,704|73,711|California}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|408,632|232,246|16,555|California}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|448,291|176,847|31,515|California}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|314,905|148,869|34,933|California}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|224,196|176,539|430|California}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|174,891|112,007|701|California}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|113,510|54,895|1,474|California}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|80,994|33,397|844|California}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|48,587|29,018|2,209|California}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|38,394|28,649|407|California}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|36,070|28,236|691|California}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|23,494|29,836|921|California}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|22,623|23,835|2,818|California}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|30,572|7,611|344|California}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|19,913|2,565|7,088|California}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|12,797|3,502|1,594|California}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|10,609|6,474|1,663|California}} {{PresRow|1912|Progressive|123|4,406|6,892|California}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,244|1,911|882|California}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,665|1,034|777|California}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,155|1,777|274|California}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,932|1,712|140|California}} {{PresFoot|1892|Republican|1,152|1,000|747|California}} {{Hidden begin |titlestyle = background:#ccccff; |title = Gubernatorial election results<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-california-elections.html |title=California Election Results |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127170830/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-california-elections.html |url-status=live}}</ref> }} {| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:left; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%;" |+ '''Orange County vote<br /> by party in gubernatorial elections'''<br />† [[Recall election|Special election]] |- ! Year ![[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] ![[Democratic Party (United States)|DEM]] |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2022 California gubernatorial election|2022]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.5%''' ''492,734'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.5% ''464,206'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2021 California gubernatorial recall election|2021†]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.3% ''547,685'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.7%''' ''586,457'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2018|2018]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.9% ''539,951'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.1%''' ''543,047'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2014|2014]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.6%''' ''344,817'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.4% ''275,707'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.8%''' ''499,878'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.4% ''328,663'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2006|2006]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.7%''' ''507,413'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.5% ''185,388'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2003|2003†]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.5%''' ''493,850'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|16.8% ''130,808'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.5%''' ''368,152'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.7% ''222,149'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1998|1998]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.1%''' ''370,736'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.7% ''318,198'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1994|1994]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.7%''' ''516,811'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.7% ''211,132'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1990|1990]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.7%''' ''425,025'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.3% ''208,886'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1986|1986]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.9%''' ''468,092'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.5% ''172,782'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1982|1982]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.4%''' ''422,878'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.7% ''252,572'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1978|1978]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.2% ''272,076'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.7%''' ''299,577'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1974|1974]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.9%''' ''297,870'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.6% ''212,638'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1970|1970]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.9%''' ''308,982'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.5% ''145,420'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1966|1966]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.2%''' ''293,413'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.9% ''113,275'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1962|1962]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.4%''' ''169,962'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.2% ''112,152'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1958|1958]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.6%''' ''98,729'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.3% ''85,364'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1954|1954]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.7%''' ''63,148'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.3% ''27,511'' |- | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[California gubernatorial election, 1950|1950]]''' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.4%''' ''57,348'' | style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.6% ''18,711'' |} {{Hidden end}} The Republican margin began to narrow in the 1990s and 2000s as the state trended Democratic until the mid- to late-2010s when it voted for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016]] and in [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California|2018]], when the Democratic party won every United States House District anchored in the county, including four that had previously been held by Republicans.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hannon |first1=Elliot |title=Democrat Declared Winner in Orange County House Race, Marking a Clean Democratic Sweep of the Onetime Conservative Stronghold |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/democrat-cisneros-young-kim-winner-flip-orange-county-house-congress-race-sweep.html |website=Slate |date=November 18, 2018 |publisher=The Washington Post Group |access-date=November 18, 2018 |language=en |quote=Democrat Declared Winner in Orange County House Race, Marking a Clean Democratic Sweep of the Onetime Conservative Stronghold By Elliot Hannon Nov 18, 2018 |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118153933/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/democrat-cisneros-young-kim-winner-flip-orange-county-house-congress-race-sweep.html |url-status=live}}</ref> This prompted media outlets to declare Orange County's Republican leanings "dead", with the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' running an [[op-ed]] titled, "An obituary to old Orange County, dead at age 129."<ref name="ARELLANO">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-arellano-orange-county-obit-20181107-story.html |title=An obituary for old Orange County, dead at age 129 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=GUSTAVO |last=ARELLANO |date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115190755/http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-arellano-orange-county-obit-20181107-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wildermuth">{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-House-races-We-could-be-counting-13379215.php |title=CA House race turnaround: Democrat Josh Harder leads GOP Rep. Jeff Denham |last=Wildermuth |first=John |date=November 9, 2018 |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114220408/https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-House-races-We-could-be-counting-13379215.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LAT Thornton">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-ol-opinion-newsletter-midterm-election-20181110-htmlstory.html |title=RIP Republican Orange County |last=Thornton |first=Paul |date=November 10, 2018 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000838/http://www.latimes.com/la-ol-opinion-newsletter-midterm-election-20181110-htmlstory.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYT Nagourney">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-loses-harley-rouda.html |title=Dana Rohrabacher Loses, Eroding Republican Foothold in California |last=Nagourney |first=Adam |date=November 10, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115152836/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-loses-harley-rouda.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-voters-cal-20181130-story.html |title=California Republicans see what happens when more voters vote, and they don't like it one bit |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael |date=November 30, 2018 |access-date=December 3, 2018 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213052839/https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-voters-cal-20181130-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> While Republicans were able to recapture two of the seven U.S. House seats in Orange County in [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California|2020]], Democrats continued to hold the other five, Biden won the county by a slightly greater margin than Clinton had, and Democrats received a majority of the votes in each of the seven congressional districts.<ref name=Politico.Silver/> Republicans still carry more weight at the local level, and in 2020 for the [[California State Assembly|State Assembly]] elections, they won 50.2% of the vote and four out of seven seats of the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |title=Statement of vote - General election November 3, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214232555/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-general/sov/complete-sov.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2022 California elections|2022 midterm elections]], no congressional districts flipped, though Republicans performed strongly in Orange County, with every statewide GOP candidate carrying it. For the [[118th United States Congress]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]], Orange County is split between six congressional districts:<ref name="districts">{{cite web |url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/final-maps-report/ |title=Final Maps Report |publisher=[[California Citizens Redistricting Commission]] |date=December 27, 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |pages=132, 154, 188 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105223414/https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/final-maps-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{Representative|cacd|38|fmt=district}}, *{{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}}, *{{Representative|cacd|45|fmt=district}}, *{{Representative|cacd|46|fmt=district}}, *{{Representative|cacd|47|fmt=district}}, and *{{Representative|cacd|49|fmt=district}}. The 40th, 45th, 46th, and 47th districts are all centered in Orange County. The 38th has its population center in Los Angeles County, while the 49th is primarily San Diego County-based. 132, 154, 188 In the [[California State Senate]], Orange County is split into 7 districts:<ref name="districts" /> *{{Representative|casd|29|fmt=sdistrict}}, *{{Representative|casd|30|fmt=sdistrict}}, *{{Representative|casd|32|fmt=sdistrict}}, *{{Representative|casd|34|fmt=sdistrict}}, *{{Representative|casd|36|fmt=sdistrict}}, *{{Representative|casd|37|fmt=sdistrict}}, and *{{Representative|casd|38|fmt=sdistrict}}. In the [[California State Assembly]], Orange County is split into 9 districts:<ref name="districts" /> *{{Representative|caad|59|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|64|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|67|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|68|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|70|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|71|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|72|fmt=adistrict}}, *{{Representative|caad|73|fmt=adistrict}}, and *{{Representative|caad|74|fmt=adistrict}}. According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Orange County has 1,591,543 registered voters. Of these, 34% (541,711) are registered Republicans, and 33.3% (529,651) are registered Democrats. An additional 28.5% (453,343) declined to state a political party.<ref name="voterstats">{{cite web |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf |title=Report of Registration Odd-Number Year Report by political subdivision |date=February 10, 2019 |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=June 10, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323230212/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> Orange County has produced notable Republicans, such as President [[Richard Nixon]] (born in [[Yorba Linda, California|Yorba Linda]] and lived in [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]] and [[San Clemente, California|San Clemente]]), U.S. Senator [[John F. Seymour]] (previously [[mayor of Anaheim, California|mayor of Anaheim]]), and U.S. Senator [[Thomas Kuchel]] (of Anaheim). Former Congressman [[Christopher Cox]] (of Newport Beach), a White House counsel for President Reagan, is also a former chairman of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]. Orange County was also home to former Republican Congressman [[John G. Schmitz]], a presidential candidate in 1972 from the ultra-conservative [[American Independent Party]], [[John Birch Society]] member, and the father of [[Mary Kay Letourneau]]. In 1996, [[Curt Pringle]] (later mayor of Anaheim) became the first Republican Speaker of the [[California State Assembly]] in decades. While the growth of the county's [[Hispanic]] and [[Asian people|Asian]] populations in recent decades has significantly influenced Orange County's culture, its conservative reputation has remained largely intact. Partisan voter registration patterns of Hispanics, Asians and other ethnic minorities in the county have tended to reflect the surrounding demographics, with resultant Republican majorities in all but the central portion of the county. When [[Loretta Sanchez]], a [[Blue Dog Coalition|Blue Dog Democrat]], defeated veteran Republican [[Bob Dornan]] in 1996, she was continuing a trend of Democratic representation of that district that had been interrupted by Dornan's 1984 upset of former Congressman [[Jerry M. Patterson|Jerry Patterson]]. Until 1992, Sanchez herself was a moderate Republican, and she is viewed as somewhat more moderate than other Democrats from Southern California. In [[2004 US presidential election in California|2004]], [[George W. Bush]] captured 60% of the county's vote, up from 56% in [[2000 US presidential election in California|2000]] despite a higher Democratic popular vote statewide. Although [[Barbara Boxer]] won statewide [[2004 United States Senate election in California|in the simultaneously held senate election]] and fared better in Orange County than she did in [[1998 US Senate election in California|1998]], Republican [[Bill Jones (California politician)|Bill Jones]] defeated her in the county, 51% to 43%. While the 39% that [[John Kerry]] received is higher than the percentage [[Bill Clinton]] won in [[1992 US presidential election in California|1992]] or [[1996 US presidential election in California|1996]], the percentage of the vote George W. Bush received in 2004 is the highest any presidential candidate has received since 1988, showing a still-dominant GOP presence in the county. In [[2006 US Senate election in California|2006]], Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] won 45% of the vote in the county, the best showing of a Democrat in a Senate race in over four decades, but Orange was nevertheless the only [[Coastal California]] county to vote for her Republican opponent, [[Dick Mountjoy]]. The county is featured prominently in Lisa McGirr's book ''Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right''. She argues that its conservative political orientation in the 20th century owed much to its settlement by farmers from the [[Great Plains]], who reacted strongly to communist sympathies, the [[civil rights movement]], and the turmoil of the 1960s in nearby Los Angeles — across the "[[Orange Curtain]]". In the 1970s and 1980s, Orange County was one of California's leading Republican voting blocs and a subculture of residents with "Middle American" values that emphasized capitalist religious morality{{clarify|date=November 2012}} in contrast to [[San Francisco values|West coast liberalism]]. Orange County has many Republican voters from culturally conservative [[Asian Americans|Asian-American]], [[Middle Eastern Americans|Middle Eastern]] and Latino immigrant groups. The large [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese-American]] communities in [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]] and [[Westminster, California|Westminster]] are predominantly Republican; Vietnamese Americans registered Republicans outnumber those registered as Democrats, 55% to 22% as of 2007, while as of 2017 that figure is 42% to 36%. Republican Assemblyman [[Van Tran]] was the first Vietnamese-American elected to a state legislature and joined with Texan [[Hubert Vo]] as the highest-ranking elected Vietnamese-American in the United States until the 2008 election of [[Joseph Cao]] in [[Louisiana's 2nd congressional district]]. In the 2007 special election for the vacant county supervisor seat following Democrat [[Lou Correa]]'s election to the state senate, two Vietnamese-American Republican candidates topped the list of 10 candidates, separated from each other by only seven votes, making the [[Orange County Board of Supervisors]] entirely Republican; Correa is first of only two Democrats to have served on the Board since 1987 and only the fifth since 1963. Even with the Democratic sweep of Orange County's congressional seats in 2018, as well as a steady trend of Democratic gains in voter registration, the county remains very Republican downballot. Generally, larger cities–those with a population over 100,000, such as Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Irvine - feature a registration advantage for Democrats, while the other municipalities still have a Republican voter registration advantage. This is especially true in Newport Beach, Yorba Linda, and Villa Park, the three cities where the Republican advantage is largest. As of February 10, 2019, the only exceptions to the former are Huntington Beach and Orange, while exceptions to the latter include Buena Park, Laguna Beach and Stanton.<ref name="voterstats" /> Similarly, despite Orange county supporting Democratic candidates for president in 2016, and 2020, there are still several smaller municipalities in the county that have continued to vote Republican for president. In addition to the aforementioned Newport Beach, Yorba Linda, and Villa Park, the cities of Huntington Beach, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente also supported Republican nominee [[Donald Trump]] for president twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/results/current-election-results |title=Current Election Results | OC Vote |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114183431/https://www.ocvote.com/results/current-election-results |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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