Winter Garden, FL is home to a vibrant political atmosphere. Located in Southern Orange County, it has long been known as an active community full of strong opinions and politically engaged residents. The city participates in municipal elections which help determine local policies and regulations. In recent years, the local elections have seen some intense campaigns involving many candidates from both major parties vying for the votes of Winter Garden's citizens. The last municipal election saw a tight race between several candidates, and the town's residents were enthusiastic about their choices and making sure their voices were heard.Moving forward, it is likely that more residents will become interested in their local politics as they strive for positive change in their community.
The political climate in Zip 34787 (Winter Garden, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34787 (Winter Garden, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Winter Garden, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.
Winter Garden, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 34787 (Winter Garden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,522 contributions totaling $111,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 602 contributions totaling $125,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)