West Palm Beach, located in Florida's Palm Beach County, is a bustling city with a thriving political climate. It is home to many local political candidates running for office in the city and county as well as statewide officials. The most popular candidates among West Palm Beach residents are those who focus on providing quality public services like healthcare, education, and infrastructure improvements. Residents also often look to these candidates to address local issues such as community safety and economic development. Additionally, West Palm Beach voters will look to political leaders to protect natural resources and maintain environmental standards. Ultimately, West Palm Beach citizens expect their politicians to be proactive with solutions that benefit the entire community and create a better future for all.
The political climate in West Palm Beach, FL is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Palm Beach, FL is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
West Palm Beach, Florida: D D D D D D
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 West Palm Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,314 contributions totaling $18,827,537 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,962 contributions totaling $10,729,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)