Dixie County, Florida is a small rural county located in the northern part of the state. The county has a population of just over 10,000 people and is governed by a five-member board of county commissioners. This board is elected by the citizens of the county and makes decisions that affect all aspects of life in Dixie County. Local elections are held every four years and residents can choose from several candidates who are running for office. Political issues that are important to local voters include education funding, job creation, public safety, environmental protection, and local infrastructure projects. The county government strives to provide quality services to residents while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Political discourse within Dixie County is lively and passionate as citizens strive to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Dixie County, FL is very conservative.
In Dixie County, FL 16.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dixie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 16.7%.
Dixie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dixie County, FL is very conservative.
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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.
Dixie, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Dixie County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $13,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $484,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,007 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)