Winter Park, FL is a vibrant city located in Central Florida. It has a rich culture and history, and is home to many businesses and organizations. Its politics are shaped by the city's residents and its elected officials. The local government consists of a mayor and six city commissioners, who are elected for four-year terms. In addition, there are several municipal boards and committees that play a role in decision making. Residents take part in local elections to determine who will lead the city. The Mayor and City Council work together to ensure Winter Park remains a safe place to live, work, and visit with an emphasis on public safety, economic development, quality of life, infrastructure improvements, transportation enhancements, open space preservation, sustainability initiatives, historic preservation efforts, affordable housing development among others. These efforts work to improve the quality of life for all Winter Park residents.
The political climate in Winter Park, 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 Park, 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 Park, 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 Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,749 contributions totaling $4,408,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,960 contributions totaling $3,669,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $927 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)