Panama City, Florida is a bustling city located in the panhandle of the state. Politically, it is a fairly conservative area with Republican candidates typically receiving more votes than their Democratic counterparts. In 2020, Panama City had the opportunity to vote for local candidates during the 2020 election. Incumbent Republican Governor Ron DeSantis received more votes than his Democratic challenger, Andrew Gillum. Additionally, Panama City supported U.S. Senator Rick Scott and Representative Neal Dunn who also won their respective races. The citizens of Panama City have also actively voted down proposals related to taxation and increasing public spending, further illustrating their conservative beliefs on government involvement in local matters.
The political climate in Panama City, FL is moderately conservative.
Bay County, FL is very conservative. In Bay County, FL 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.5%.
Bay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Panama City, FL is moderately conservative.
Bay County, Florida is very conservative.
Panama City Metro Area is very 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.
Panama City, 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 Panama City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,175 contributions totaling $500,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,631 contributions totaling $1,146,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)