Palm Beach County, Florida is a large and diverse county located on the east coast of Florida. It has a population of over 1.5 million people and covers an area of over 2,400 square miles. The county is divided into 39 municipalities and townships, each with their own distinct political systems. Palm Beach County's politics are predominantly conservative in nature, with Republicans dominating the local government offices and elections in most areas. Local politicians focus on core issues like fiscal responsibility, economic development, public safety, education reform and environmental protection to serve the needs of its residents. While mostly conservative policy takes precedence in local politics, there is also a strong presence of progressive thought in this region as well. On many issues such as immigration reform or civil rights, there can be considerable debate among candidates from both sides of the aisle. With such a wide range of topics being discussed within Palm Beach County's political system, it is important for citizens to stay informed on their local politics so that they can make educated voting decisions come election time.
The political climate in Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal.
In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 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.
Palm Beach, 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 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 Palm Beach County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114,975 contributions totaling $63,064,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36,919 contributions totaling $77,083,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,088 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)