Haines City, FL is located in Polk County and is known for its vibrant downtown area and unique local attractions. In terms of politics, the city is part of the Florida 10th congressional district that is currently held by Representative Darren Soto. Haines City is also served by the Florida State Senate District 18. The incumbent representative is Senator Kelli Stargel who was re-elected to her second term in November 2020. At a local level, Haines City has several city commissioners that are elected to four-year terms. These representatives make up the city council and work together to ensure Haines City remains a safe and livable community for all its residents.
The political climate in Haines City, FL is leaning conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haines City, FL is leaning conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven 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.
Haines City, 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 Haines City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 887 contributions totaling $51,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 443 contributions totaling $61,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)