Bradenton, Florida is a vibrant city located on the Gulf Coast of the Sunshine State. It has experienced tremendous growth over recent years and is now home to a wide variety of businesses, cultural attractions, and recreational activities. The city’s political landscape reflects its diversity and development with representation from both major parties in the form of local officials. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect all aspects of life in Bradenton, from protecting healthcare services to improving infrastructure and economic development. As part of this responsibility, they must take into account the needs and views of all residents, regardless of party affiliation. In addition to these local elected officials, state representatives and senators from both major parties work together to represent Bradenton’s interests at the state level as well. Through their efforts, they strive to ensure that Bradenton remains an attractive and prosperous place to live for generations to come.
The political climate in Bradenton, FL is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Manatee County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manatee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Manatee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradenton, FL is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bradenton, 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 Bradenton, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,239 contributions totaling $592,623 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,091 contributions totaling $1,044,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)