The Ocala, FL Metro Area is located in the heart of Marion County and is home to over 400,000 people. With such a large population, it's not surprising that there is a strong political climate throughout the region. The local politics of the Ocala metro area are governed by the Marion County Board of Commissioners, which consists of five members elected from across the county. Additionally, each of the townships within Marion County has its own government and mayor. In addition to these governing bodies, many notable candidates for both state and federal offices have come from this region in recent years. Some of these include former Governor Jeb Bush and current U.S Senator Marco Rubio. With such an active political atmosphere in Ocala, FL metro area, it is no wonder why so many citizens actively participate in their local elections every year.
The political climate in Ocala Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Ocala Metro Area 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Ocala metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.6%.
The Ocala metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocala Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ocala, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Ocala Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,695 contributions totaling $545,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,501 contributions totaling $1,062,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)