Port St. Lucie, located in the Florida Metro Area, is an influential and vibrant city with a rich political history. Politically, the city is represented by both state and local governments. At the state level, Port St. Lucie is part of Florida's 18th congressional district and its four districts for the State Senate and House of Representatives. At the local level, residents of Port St. Lucie are served by a city council who work together to address the needs of their constituents. The mayor and council members are elected by popular vote from all citizens living within the city limits. There are also a number of local initiatives that are voted on each election cycle to address specific issues in Port St. Lucie such as schools, infrastructure, public safety, transportation and more. As a result of these measures, Port St. Lucie has become a safe and prosperous place to live for its residents over the years; serving as an example on how effective political engagement can be in driving positive change within communities across America.
The political climate in Port St. Lucie Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Port St. Lucie Metro Area 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Port St. Lucie metro area remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 45.1%.
The Port St. Lucie metro area voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port St. Lucie 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.
Port St. Lucie, Florida: d r 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 Port St. Lucie Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,795 contributions totaling $2,693,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,535 contributions totaling $4,571,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)