Windermere, FL is a small city located in Orange County. It has a mayor-council form of government and is home to an engaged and active community. The mayor and council members are elected from among the residents by popular vote. This ensures that local policies are created with the best interests of the citizens in mind. The local political landscape is diverse, with candidates from both main parties as well as independent choices appearing on most ballots. Windermere residents take their civic responsibility seriously, turning out in large numbers for elections to ensure that their voices are heard and their desires for public policy are met. All of this goes to show that Windermere is a town where politics matters, and where citizens have a real say in how their local government operates.
The political climate in Windermere, FL is leaning liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Windermere, FL is leaning liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
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.
Windermere, Florida: d d D D D D
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 Windermere, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,536 contributions totaling $1,117,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,607 contributions totaling $2,058,138 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)