Holmes County, FL is a rural area in the Florida Panhandle. It is home to a variety of small towns and communities that have been around for many generations. Politically, Holmes County leans heavily towards conservative values and beliefs. This can be seen both at the state and local levels with most of the local representatives representing these views. The county has a long history of supporting Republican candidates in presidential elections, and remains one of the most reliable GOP strongholds in Florida. Locally, most offices are held by Republicans who often tout conservative values and policies. Although there is an increasing number of Democrats running for office in Holmes County, it is still largely dominated by Republicans who continue to prioritize conservative policies such as limiting taxes and regulations on businesses or restricting access to abortion services.
The political climate in Holmes County, FL is very conservative.
In Holmes County, FL 10.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holmes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.0% to 10.2%.
Holmes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holmes 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.
Holmes, 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 Holmes County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $3,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $16,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)