Holmes Beach is a small city in Manatee County, Florida with a population of around 4,966 according to the 2019 US Census. The local political landscape is made up of five city commissioners who are elected for two-year terms. The elections for these positions take place every April and are open to all registered voters within the city limits of Holmes Beach. The mayor is then chosen from amongst the five commissioners by a majority vote. This means that citizens of Holmes Beach have the opportunity to have their say on who represents them in their local government. The current mayor is Judy Titsworth, who was voted in during the most recent election in 2020. She has been an avid supporter of environmental protection policies and pushing forward initiatives such as providing health care coverage to families living below poverty level. She also believes in creating a balanced budget and working together with other city councils to ensure prosperity and progress for everyone living in Holmes Beach.
The political climate in Holmes Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Manatee County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Manatee County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manatee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Manatee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holmes Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Manatee County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton 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.
Holmes Beach, 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 Holmes Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 658 contributions totaling $47,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $59,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)