Green Cove Springs, FL is a small city located in Clay County with a population of 7,927 people. It is the only incorporated municipality in the county and has its own unique local government. The City Council is composed of six members including a Mayor and five council members that are responsible for setting policy and managing the day-to-day operations of the city. Each council member is elected to serve two-year terms and elections take place in November of odd-numbered years. Due to their smaller size, Green Cove Springs does not have a long list of candidates running for office and many elections may be uncontested or decided by appointment from the City Council. Local residents can get involved in politics by attending City Council meetings, voting during local elections, or getting involved with local political organizations such as the Clay County Young Republicans club or Democratic Women's Club of Clay County.
The political climate in Green Cove Springs, FL is moderately conservative.
Clay County, FL is very conservative. In Clay County, FL 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Green Cove Springs, FL is moderately conservative.
Clay County, Florida is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Green Cove Springs, 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 Green Cove Springs, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,741 contributions totaling $126,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 427 contributions totaling $97,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)