High Springs, FL is a small rural town in north central Florida. Despite its size, High Springs has an active political landscape that strives to improve the community and promote growth. Local governments are focused on providing basic services such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and economic development projects. Local elections are held each year with candidates from both major parties vying for office. Candidates must present their platforms to residents before being voted into office and strive to represent the values of the local community. The citizens of High Springs take their responsibility of electing officials seriously and have a vested interest in current political issues that affect their quality of life.
The political climate in High Springs, FL is leaning liberal.
Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal. In Alachua County, FL 62.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alachua county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.7% to 35.6%.
Alachua county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
High Springs, FL is leaning liberal.
Alachua County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Gainesville Metro Area is moderately 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.
High Springs, Florida: D D D D D 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 High Springs, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,334 contributions totaling $435,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $64,306 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)