Mount Dora, FL is a small city in Lake County with a population of 13,000. It has its own mayor and commission-manager form of government, which is made up of five commissioners and a mayor. The elected officials are responsible for creating policies related to the city’s infrastructure, economic development, and community services. Major issues facing local residents include traffic congestion, crime prevention, and affordable housing. Every two years there are elections in Mount Dora for Mayor and the City Council positions. The Mayor serves as the chief executive officer of the city and presides over all government meetings. The City Council sets policy direction for the municipality along with providing advice to the Mayor on important decisions regarding city programs and budgets. All politics in Mount Dora pass through these political channels where citizens can have their voices heard.
The political climate in Mount Dora, 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
Mount Dora, 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.
Mount Dora, 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 Mount Dora, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,017 contributions totaling $337,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,146 contributions totaling $340,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)