The politics in Key West, FL metro area are largely driven by local candidates who are passionate about the community and its future. These candidates typically have backgrounds in local government and work to ensure that the people of Key West are heard and their needs met. Many of these candidates come from a variety of backgrounds including business, education, public service, and civil rights. They focus on finding solutions to problems such as poverty, access to quality education and health care, and environmental issues. As a result of their efforts, the Key West community is thriving with prosperity and progress.
The political climate in Key West Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Key West Metro Area 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Key West metro area remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.5%.
The Key West metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Key West Metro Area is leaning 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.
Key West, Florida: d d d d 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 Key West Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,724 contributions totaling $2,461,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,733 contributions totaling $2,464,961 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $660 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)