Blountstown, FL is located in the panhandle of Florida and is a rural town with a population of about 2,500 people. The city of Blountstown has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer and six members serving on the city council. Local elections for these positions are held every two years in November. Voters in Blountstown are given an opportunity to choose who they want to represent them at the local level and help shape their community through their input and decisions. The politics of Blountstown involve topics such as public safety initiatives, regulations on local businesses, infrastructure projects, and more. The mayor and council members each have different goals they wish to accomplish while being mindful of the citizens’ needs and opinions. All political decisions made are done so with the intent to better serve the community as a whole by making sure that all voices are heard while improving quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Blountstown, FL is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, FL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, FL 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.5%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blountstown, FL is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, Florida 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.
Blountstown, 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 Blountstown, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $2,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $13,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)