The city of Fruitland Park, FL is home to an active and engaged community. With a population of 3,319 people according to 2019 estimates, this small city is served by the mayor-council form of government that provides residents with access to local services and amenities year round. Local politics in Fruitland Park are managed by a five-member City Commission who act as representatives for the city’s citizens. They serve four-year terms with an election held every two years to select one commissioner from each ward. The current Mayor of Fruitland Park is David Zech, who was reelected in August 2020 after serving in office since 2016. In addition to the mayor and commissioners, there are various committees and boards that serve to provide oversight on budgetary and developmental matters throughout the city. While there are many local candidates running for office in Fruitland Park, residents can still get involved by attending local meetings or registering to vote in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Fruitland Park, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fruitland Park, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
Fruitland Park, 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 Fruitland Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,808 contributions totaling $171,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,732 contributions totaling $372,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)