LaBelle, FL is a small town located in Southwest Florida with a close-knit community. It has a rich history and the people who live here are proud to call it their home. While LaBelle may be small in size, its politics have an impact on the lives of those living here. The city government works hard to ensure that the citizens of LaBelle are well represented in local, state and national issues. Local political candidates run for office each year in efforts to represent the town's interests and work towards solutions that best serve the needs of its residents. In addition to local elections, citizens of LaBelle also have an opportunity to cast their ballots for candidates on both sides of the aisle during national elections. All in all, politics in LaBelle is an important part of what makes this community so unique and special.
The political climate in LaBelle, FL is leaning conservative.
Hendry County, FL is moderately conservative. In Hendry County, FL 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hendry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 38.0%.
Hendry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
LaBelle, FL is leaning conservative.
Hendry County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Clewiston Metro Area is moderately 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.
LaBelle, Florida: R R r 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 LaBelle, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $5,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $19,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)