South Daytona, FL is a small town located in the center of Volusia County. It is governed by a city council and mayor, who are elected every two years by the citizens of South Daytona. The current mayor is Harry W. Jennings, Jr., who has been in office since 2016. The city council consists of five members: Vice Mayor Robert Smith, Council Members George Steigerwalt, Mary Jimenez, and Justin Tomczak, with Daryle Colvin as an alternate member. These individuals are responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of South Daytona residents and businesses. In recent years, local political issues have included police reform, infrastructure improvements, economic growth initiatives, and environmental protection programs. Local candidates have discussed these topics during their campaigns for office to gain the support of voters in South Daytona. Ultimately, it will be up to the citizens of South Daytona to determine which candidate they believe will best represent their interests when making important decisions for their city.
The political climate in South Daytona, FL is leaning conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Daytona, FL is leaning conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area is somewhat 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 Daytona, Florida: d d d 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 Daytona, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,638 contributions totaling $190,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,590 contributions totaling $799,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)