Gulf Breeze, FL is a vibrant and welcoming community located in the Florida panhandle. Politically, Gulf Breeze has an active and engaged electorate with local politicians who are eager to represent their constituents. The citizens of Gulf Breeze have a long history of voting on issues that are important to them, ranging from local property taxes to statewide ballot initiatives. In addition, there is strong support for several locally elected officials who work hard to ensure that the city stays safe and prosperous for all its residents. Gulf Breeze has consistently had high voter turnout for elections at both a local and state level, with most residents participating in the democratic process. All in all, Gulf Breeze is a great place to live and an excellent example of how politics can be used as a positive force for change.
The political climate in Gulf Breeze, FL is strongly conservative.
Santa Rosa County, FL is very conservative. In Santa Rosa County, FL 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Rosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.8%.
Santa Rosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gulf Breeze, FL is strongly conservative.
Santa Rosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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.
Gulf Breeze, 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 Gulf Breeze, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 921 contributions totaling $137,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $297,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)