North Port, FL is home to a vibrant political atmosphere. The city is governed by an elected mayor and seven-member City Commission, who are all elected to four-year term limits. These officials are responsible for making decisions on the budget, land use, infrastructure development, and other important matters. They also appoint members to various boards and committees in order to provide advice and guidance on topics such as economic development and public safety. North Port also has strong representation at the state level with two State Representatives from Florida’s 73rd District, as well as Senators representing both Districts 24 and 25 in the Florida Senate. Residents of North Port can get involved in the local political scene by attending city council meetings or voting in elections for their local representatives.
The political climate in North Port, FL is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Port, FL is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton 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.
North Port, 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 North Port, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,709 contributions totaling $682,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,494 contributions totaling $720,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)