Tavares, FL is a small city located in Central Florida. It is the county seat of Lake County and has a population of around 15,000 people. The city has its own mayor-council style government which consists of an elected Mayor and four council members that serve on the City Council. The current Mayor is Robert Wolfe and the City Council Members are James Yatsuk, Elaine Clementson, Troy Singer, and Sandy Gamble. The local politics in Tavares revolves around improving the quality of life for its citizens by focusing on economic development initiatives, transportation improvements, infrastructure projects, public safety enhancements, and quality of life improvements through recreational activities. Through their work, the City Council ensures that all citizens can benefit from important services like access to healthcare facilities, educational opportunities for children and adults alike, clean air and water resources, and strong neighborhoods with secure housing. Tavares is committed to providing a better future for its citizens through good governance practices and creating an equitable environment where everyone can thrive.
The political climate in Tavares, 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
Tavares, 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.
Tavares, 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 Tavares, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,996 contributions totaling $248,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,634 contributions totaling $231,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)