Lee County, Florida is a growing and dynamic county located in the southwestern part of the state. It is home to many vibrant cities, including Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs, Sanibel Island, and Lehigh Acres. Politically, Lee County features a diverse range of representation across its local government. The County Commission is responsible for enacting legislation and overseeing the budget for all of Lee County. Commissioners are elected by citizens and serve four-year terms. The citizens also elect representatives from each district to serve on the Board of Education which oversees all public school related issues in the county. Additionally, the Sheriff's Department serves as an important law enforcement presence throughout Lee County and is led by a Sheriff who is also selected by voters in the county. All together, these local leaders work together to ensure that Lee County remains a safe place to call home while continuing to grow with its ever increasing population.
The political climate in Lee County, FL is moderately conservative.
In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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.
Lee, 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 Lee County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40,670 contributions totaling $4,000,528 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,468 contributions totaling $7,619,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)