Winter Garden, FL is a small city in central Florida with a population of approximately 42,000 people. Located in Orange County, the city prides itself on its vibrant downtown district filled with lively restaurants and shops. Politically, Winter Garden is located within the 8th Congressional District of Florida which is represented by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Washington D.C. The city also serves as part of the 47th legislative district for the Florida House of Representatives and State Senate where Republican State Senator Linda Stewart and Democratic Representative Anna V. Eskamani serve respectively. At a local level, Winter Garden has an elected Mayor and City Council who work together to provide services to their constituents. Through this governing body, residents are able to have input on issues that affect their daily lives such as public transportation options and other infrastructure projects that shape the city’s future growth and development.
The political climate in Winter Garden, FL is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winter Garden, FL is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.
Winter Garden, 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 Winter Garden, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,739 contributions totaling $309,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,334 contributions totaling $276,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)