Lake Mary, FL is a vibrant community with a rich political history. The city's local politics are active and engaged, ensuring that residents have a voice in how the city operates. There are a variety of different political parties represented in Lake Mary, and each party has elected representatives who work diligently to serve the community. Local government initiatives focus on quality-of-life issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, environmental conservation, economic development, and more. Many local politicians prioritize engaging with constituents at public meetings, forums, and events to better understand their needs and concerns. In addition to elections for Mayor and City Council members every four years, there are also regularly scheduled elections for smaller offices such as County Commissioner or School Board Member. This helps make sure that the people of Lake Mary have an opportunity to have their voices heard in the local decision-making process.
The political climate in Lake Mary, FL is leaning conservative.
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
Lake Mary, FL is leaning conservative.
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.
Lake Mary, 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 Lake Mary, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,506 contributions totaling $668,967 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,725 contributions totaling $880,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $510 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)