Okeechobee, FL is a rural county located in Central Florida. It is home to more than 40,000 people and serves as the gateway to the scenic Lake Okeechobee. The county's political landscape is primarily dominated by conservative values. In 2018, President Donald Trump won the county with nearly 82% of the vote. At the local level, several candidates are running for offices such as County Commissioner and Sheriff. These candidates are mostly from Republican and conservative party affiliations. Issues that have been discussed by the candidates include economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and education reform. Generally speaking, these issues tend to reflect a consensus among Okeechobee residents regarding their political priorities. Ultimately, each candidate must win enough votes from local constituents in order to gain office in what has become an increasingly competitive political climate within Okeechobee County.
The political climate in Okeechobee County, FL is very conservative.
In Okeechobee County, FL 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okeechobee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 27.5%.
Okeechobee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okeechobee County, FL is very conservative.
Okeechobee Metro Area is very 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.
Okeechobee, 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 Okeechobee County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $15,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $35,449 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)