The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area is home to some of the most dynamic and vibrant political movements in the country. This metropolitan area has seen a number of impressive electoral results over the years, such as electing former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Marco Rubio to represent Florida at the national level. Additionally, local governments in this area are some of the most progressive in America, ranging from advocating for social justice initiatives to improving public transportation options. With such a large population and diverse range of views, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach is sure to be an interesting place to watch in terms of local politics for years to come.
The political climate in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 41.7%.
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida: D D D D D D
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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 313,954 contributions totaling $156,093,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $497 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87,143 contributions totaling $145,863,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,674 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)