Lacoochee, FL is a small town in Pasco County located approximately 30 miles northeast of Tampa. With a population of around 400 people, Lacoochee is an unincorporated community that has been around for over 100 years. While the town is not large enough to have any local political candidates running for office, the citizens of Lacoochee are heavily involved in state and federal politics. In recent elections, many residents have voiced their support for progressive causes such as environmental protection, economic justice and social justice. Additionally, Lacoochee citizens are passionate about protecting their quality of life and preserving natural resources for future generations. Citizens here also advocate for improved public services and infrastructure investments to better serve the community.
The political climate in Lacoochee, FL is leaning conservative.
Pasco County, FL is moderately conservative. In Pasco County, FL 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pasco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.4% to 39.3%.
Pasco county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lacoochee, FL is leaning conservative.
Pasco County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lacoochee, Florida: d 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 Lacoochee, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 515 contributions totaling $17,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $23,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)