Vero Beach, Florida is a vibrant city located along the eastern coast of the state. It is home to a diverse population that consists of people from all walks of life and backgrounds. Politically, Vero Beach primarily leans towards the Republican party and has been represented in both houses of the Florida legislature by Republicans for many years. Despite this, there are still some notable Democratic candidates running for office in Vero Beach, who are campaigning on their progressive values and ideas to make positive change in the community. The local politics in Vero Beach can be quite contentious, as both major parties battle for control and influence over policy decisions that affect residents. Residents take an active role in choosing who represents them in government by getting involved in local campaigns, attending debates or forums held by candidates, and voting on election day.
The political climate in Vero Beach, FL is somewhat 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
Vero Beach, FL is somewhat 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.
Vero 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 Vero Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,687 contributions totaling $2,845,094 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,104 contributions totaling $11,600,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,900 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)