Lake City, FL is an active and vibrant community with a wide range of political issues and perspectives. The current mayor is Mary Jones, who was re-elected in 2019 for her second term. There are also several city council members who represent the interests of the various neighborhoods in Lake City. In general, politics in Lake City focuses on topics such as local economic development, public safety, and environmental stewardship. Development projects have been focused on improving parks and recreation facilities in the area, while public safety initiatives have sought to reduce crime and improve quality of life for residents. Additionally, Lake City is taking significant steps to protect their natural environment through improved energy efficiency standards and renewable energy initiatives. Overall, residents of Lake City have access to numerous political candidates that look after their best interests.
The political climate in Lake City, FL is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, FL is very conservative. In Columbia County, FL 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.9%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City, FL is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, Florida is very conservative.
Lake City Metro Area is very 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.
Lake City, 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 Lake City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $28,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 638 contributions totaling $422,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)