Big Pine Key, FL is located in the Lower Keys of Monroe County and is a small town with a population of about 5,400. The town is governed by the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, with all five commissioners being elected at large to 4-year terms. Parks and recreation are managed by the Monroe County Parks & Recreation Department, while law enforcement is handled by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. Big Pine Key also has an independent volunteer fire department, which provides emergency services to the local community. In addition to countywide elections for board members and other government officials, there are also several nonpartisan local elections held each year that residents can participate in if they choose. Residents can stay informed on local politics through attending meetings or reading their local newspaper.
The political climate in Big Pine Key, FL is leaning conservative.
Monroe County, FL is leaning conservative. In Monroe County, FL 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.5%.
Monroe county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Pine Key, FL is leaning conservative.
Monroe County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Key West Metro Area is leaning 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.
Big Pine Key, Florida: d d d d 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 Big Pine Key, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 418 contributions totaling $16,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $14,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)