Silver Springs Shores, FL is a small town located in Marion County, Florida. Here, the local politics are largely focused on issues facing the community such as public safety and economic development. The Town Council holds regular meetings to discuss these matters and listens to the input of citizens. In order to ensure that their voices are heard, many citizens attend council meetings or use other avenues such as writing letters to their representatives in order to express their ideas and concerns. Each election cycle brings a new group of candidates who are vying for seats in local government. Candidates have a variety of backgrounds and bring different perspectives with them which helps to create dialogue about the best ways to address the issues facing Silver Springs Shores. This ensures that all viewpoints are taken into consideration when making decisions that affect the town's residents.
The political climate in Silver Springs Shores, FL is somewhat conservative.
Marion County, FL is strongly conservative. In Marion County, FL 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Springs Shores, FL is somewhat conservative.
Marion County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Ocala 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.
Silver Springs Shores, 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 Silver Springs Shores, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 922 contributions totaling $28,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $38,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)