Arcadia, Florida is a small town located in DeSoto County. Despite its size, the city is home to a vibrant political community that has significant influence over local politics and public policy. There are various organizations and advocacy groups that actively participate in local elections and promote particular causes or candidates. Arcadia has several county-level elected offices that are responsible for various aspects of local governance, including law enforcement, public health, infrastructure development and more. Additionally, there are numerous state-level representatives who advocate for the interests of the people in Arcadia on both sides of the political aisle. From city council meetings to major state legislative bills, Arcadians have an opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Arcadia, FL is somewhat conservative.
DeSoto County, FL is strongly conservative. In DeSoto County, FL 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeSoto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 33.6%.
DeSoto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arcadia, FL is somewhat conservative.
DeSoto County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Arcadia Metro Area is strongly 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.
Arcadia, 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 Arcadia, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208 contributions totaling $18,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $342,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,803 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)