The Villages, FL Metro Area is home to an ever-growing population and diverse culture. While the area has no local political candidates, it does have a wide range of organizations and groups that are involved in advocating for various issues that affect the community. For example, The Villages Community Action Network works to promote civic engagement in the community, while The Villages Lions Club works to raise money and provide services for those in need within the region. Additionally, local businesses often partner with elected officials at state and national levels on initiatives that will help further economic development in the area. These political efforts ensure that The Villages remains a vibrant place to live and work.
The political climate in The Villages Metro Area is very conservative.
In The Villages Metro Area 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the The Villages metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 31.7%.
The The Villages metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
The Villages Metro Area is very 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.
The Villages, 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 The Villages Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,346 contributions totaling $361,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,523 contributions totaling $1,429,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)