Forest City, FL is an area known for its political diversity. The local government is made up of a mayor and five city council members who work together to ensure the needs of the community are met. These elected officials come from a variety of backgrounds, representing different viewpoints and agendas. The elections held in Forest City feature candidates from both major and minor political parties, offering voters many choices when deciding who will represent them at the local level. Local campaigns are often heated as candidates strive to win over voters with their platforms and policies, all while trying to demonstrate how they can best serve the citizens of Forest City.
The political climate in Forest City, FL is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, FL is leaning liberal. In Seminole County, FL 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seminole county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Seminole county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forest City, FL is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, Florida is leaning liberal.
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.
Forest City, Florida: R R r r r d
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 Forest City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,359 contributions totaling $398,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,794 contributions totaling $1,147,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $639 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)