Boca Raton, FL is a vibrant city with a thriving political scene. Located in Palm Beach County, Boca Raton is home to a diverse population of over 93,000 people. At the local level, Boca Raton has a strong selection of political candidates representing at the municipal and state levels. For example, Florida State Senator Kevin Rader represents the 29th District while Mayor Scott Singer serves as the city's mayor. Both have been vocal advocates for local issues such as protecting the environment and improving education opportunities for Boca Raton's youth. In addition to these two leaders, there are many other elected officials that serve on the City Council and county boards that work hard for their constituents. All of these individuals strive to ensure that Boca Raton's citizens are well served by their government and that their voices are heard in local decision making processes.
The political climate in Boca Raton, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boca Raton, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Florida is leaning conservative.
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.
Boca Raton, Florida: D D D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Boca Raton, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26,421 contributions totaling $6,405,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,775 contributions totaling $12,078,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)