The city of Freeport, FL is a small city in the northwest part of Florida with an estimated population close to 2,000. It is largely an agricultural community with a strong sense of community and pride. The city has a mayor-council government system that focuses on maintaining and improving the quality of life for its citizens. The mayor is elected every four years and appoints a council to work with them in creating policies and laws to benefit Freeport’s residents. There are many local political candidates running for office each year who have the goal of making Freeport an even better place to live and work. These candidates are passionate about their commitment to making positive changes for the people they serve and strive to make sure all voices in the community can be heard.
The political climate in Freeport, FL is strongly conservative.
Walton County, FL is very conservative. In Walton County, FL 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.6%.
Walton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freeport, FL is strongly conservative.
Walton County, Florida is very conservative.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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.
Freeport, 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 Freeport, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 250 contributions totaling $11,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $30,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)