Astor, FL is a small town located in the southeast corner of Lake County. It has a rich history and strong sense of community. The town is home to many local businesses, parks, and other attractions. The politics in Astor are tight-knit and locally focused. Citizens of Astor are involved in their local government and regularly attend city council meetings to ensure their voices are heard. There are numerous political organizations that meet regularly to discuss important issues facing the town such as improving infrastructure, increasing public safety, and promoting economic development. Local elections often draw huge turnouts as the citizens of Astor take great pride in choosing their representatives for various positions within the city government.
The political climate in Astor, FL is moderately conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Astor, FL is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
Astor, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Astor, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $5,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)