Bowling Green, FL is a small town located in Hardee County, Florida. The local politics of this area are centered around providing services to the community. Hardee County has three commissioners who are responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the citizens within the county. These commissioners also play an important role in making decisions on matters such as taxation and economic development. The town council provides additional support to the city by helping to coordinate events such as festivals and parades. The city manager oversees most operations within the town, including budgeting and managing staff. Bowling Green also has various state representatives who work with local government officials on issues that affect their constituents. While there may not be any current local political candidates from Bowling Green, FL, residents still have a say in what happens in their community by participating in local elections or voicing their opinion through public forums.
The political climate in Bowling Green, FL is somewhat conservative.
Hardee County, FL is very conservative. In Hardee County, FL 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 27.0%.
Hardee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowling Green, FL is somewhat conservative.
Hardee County, Florida is very conservative.
Wauchula Metro Area 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.
Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,737 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)