Martin County, Florida is a wonderful place to live. It is located on the eastern coast of Florida and is home to several beautiful beaches and state parks. The county also has a vibrant political scene with many local candidates vying for political office. Residents of Martin County have the opportunity to vote in local elections for school boards, town councils, and county commissioners. There are several political parties represented in Martin County including Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Greens, and Independents. Political issues that are important to residents include environmental protection, transportation infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives and public safety. Through voting in local elections, citizens of Martin County can help decide who will represent their interests on the local level and help shape their community into one that they can be proud of.
The political climate in Martin County, FL is strongly conservative.
In Martin County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 37.3%.
Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martin County, FL is strongly conservative.
Port St. Lucie Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Martin, 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 Martin County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,968 contributions totaling $2,183,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,787 contributions totaling $4,063,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $599 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)