Orange City, FL is a thriving and diverse city located in central Florida. It is home to a wide variety of businesses, industries, and educational institutions. Politically, Orange City leans slightly more towards the Democratic side of the spectrum; however, there is still a strong presence of both Republican and Independent voters within the area. As such, local political campaigns tend to draw from a diverse range of backgrounds and ideologies. The current mayor is Tim Adams, who was first elected in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021 for another term. Mayor Adams has been pushing for increased infrastructure investment throughout his tenure as well as for greater support for small businesses within the community. He has also shown strong dedication to providing quality services to the people of Orange City while investing in ways to make the city more livable for its residents. Overall, Orange City is an exciting place when it comes to politics with plenty of opportunities to get involved and support various policies that help make life better for everyone living in this great city.
The political climate in Orange City, FL is leaning conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orange City, FL is leaning conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat 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.
Orange City, Florida: d d 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 Orange City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,133 contributions totaling $76,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 491 contributions totaling $74,941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)