South Beach, Florida, is a vibrant coastal town with a diverse political landscape. The city of South Beach has a mayor and five city commissioners that make up the legislative branch. The mayor and commissioners are elected by the citizens of South Beach and are responsible for making decisions that best represent the interests of the community. There is also an array of active grassroots political organizations in South Beach that seek to promote various causes and advocate for specific agendas. These organizations often host events, rallies, and meetings to share their perspectives on important issues facing the community. Additionally, South Beach residents have always been deeply involved in local government, often attending meetings and weighing in on matters that impact their lives. As such, it's clear that politics in South Beach takes many forms and plays an integral role in shaping our local identity.
The political climate in South Beach, FL is moderately conservative.
Indian River County, FL is moderately conservative. In Indian River County, FL 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indian River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 38.7%.
Indian River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Beach, FL is moderately conservative.
Indian River County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Sebastian-Vero Beach Metro Area is moderately 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.
South Beach, 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 South Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,935 contributions totaling $2,645,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $672 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,563 contributions totaling $11,131,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,440 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)