Politics in 32082 Palm Valley, FL are of primary importance to the local electorate. With a sizable population of over 20,000 people, the decisions made by elected officials have direct impacts on the community. Every election season brings an abundance of candidates vying for important local offices such as mayor, county commissioner and state representatives. The citizens of Palm Valley take their civic duty seriously and turn out to cast their votes in large numbers. Issues important to the area range from education funding to environmental protection which creates a vibrant and diverse political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 32082 (Palm Valley, FL) is moderately conservative.
St. Johns County, FL is strongly conservative. In St. Johns County, FL 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Johns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.1%.
St. Johns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32082 (Palm Valley, FL) is moderately conservative.
Palm Valley, Florida is moderately conservative.
St. Johns County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Palm Valley, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 32082 (Palm Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,107 contributions totaling $619,359 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,941 contributions totaling $3,325,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)