The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area is home to a diverse and engaged population. The area is large enough that it has several political representatives that serve in both the state and federal governments. At the local level, there are three main political organizations: the Volusia County Democratic Party, the Volusia County Republican Party, and the Volusia County Tea Party. These organizations all work together to ensure that residents’ voices are heard in their local government. Additionally, they foster community engagement by providing resources to help voters become informed on local issues. Those living in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach area have access to an active political scene that creates a strong sense of civic responsibility and involvement.
The political climate in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.8%.
The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previou.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida: d d d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,633 contributions totaling $2,275,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,168 contributions totaling $4,488,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)