Hernando Beach, located in Hernando County, Florida is a small yet vibrant community. With a wide selection of recreational activities from fishing and boating to parks and hiking trails, the city provides a unique mix of outdoor experiences for its residents. On the political side, Hernando Beach's residents are represented by their local county officials. The Mayor is Steven M. Browning while the Vice-Mayor is Richard A. Anderson. Furthermore, each area of Hernando Beach has its own Commissioner, who serve on the Board of County Commissioners in order to oversee important decisions affecting the citizens of Hernando Beach and beyond. In addition to these elected officials, there are also several citizen advisory boards that work with the commissioners on issues related to land use planning and economic development within the city limits. All of these elected representatives strive to ensure that all areas of Hernando Beach are well represented politically and that their constituents’ needs are met in an effective manner.
The political climate in Hernando Beach, FL is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, FL is strongly conservative. In Hernando County, FL 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hernando county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 34.4%.
Hernando county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hernando Beach, FL is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hernando Beach, Florida: d 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 Hernando Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $36,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $47,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)