The city of Flagler Beach, FL is a growing community located in the central eastern portion of Florida. It is an active and vibrant place to live with a variety of activities throughout the year. The local political scene in Flagler Beach is largely focused on local issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental preservation. Elected officials in Flagler Beach serve the citizens to ensure that their interests are represented in City Hall and that their voices are heard. Policies are created and voted on for the benefit of the people who call this city home. Issues such as taxes, zoning regulations, and public works projects are discussed and debated by local politicians on a regular basis. Residents actively participate in local elections by voting for candidates who will stand up for their interests. The current mayor of Flagler Beach is Joy McGrew who has been in office since 2019 and has been successful in her efforts to bring about positive change within her city.
The political climate in Flagler Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Flagler County, FL is moderately conservative. In Flagler County, FL 39.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flagler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 39.2%.
Flagler county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flagler Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Flagler County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Flagler Beach, Florida: d r d r R R
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 Flagler Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,830 contributions totaling $82,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $60,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)