Fern Park, FL is a small suburban town located in Central Florida. The town has a vibrant and engaged population of over 10,000 people who are dedicated to making their community a great place to live. The local government consists of an elected mayor and four commissioners that work together to ensure the best interests of the citizens of Fern Park are met. They are committed to providing quality services and making sure that policies and ordinances reflect the needs of the citizens. Additionally, they strive to promote economic development through local businesses and by supporting initiatives like public works projects, parks, and recreational activities. Local politicians focus on issues such as traffic safety, education reform, environmental protection, economic growth, crime reduction, and other concerns within the town. Through their efforts to improve the lives of all Fern Park residents they have made this small town into a thriving community where everyone feels welcomed and part of something bigger.
The political climate in Fern Park, FL is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, FL is leaning liberal. In Seminole County, FL 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seminole county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Seminole county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fern Park, FL is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, Florida is leaning 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.
Fern Park, Florida: R R r r r 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 Fern Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,355 contributions totaling $721,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,441 contributions totaling $733,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)