Laguna Beach is a small beachfront community located in Florida. It is known for its vibrant art, culture, and music scene. The city is governed by an elected city council that consists of five members. Each member serves two-year terms and is responsible for setting local policies on issues such as zoning, public safety, code enforcement, and other municipal services. The current mayor is Michael Healy who was first elected in 2017 and has been reelected to serve a second term through 2022. Laguna Beach has a highly engaged citizenry that takes part in the political process by voting in elections and attending public hearings where they can voice their opinions on policy decisions. Residents of the town have also organized advocacy groups to promote their interests on specific issues such as preserving beach access or opposing development projects that may negatively affect quality of life or environmental resources. Through these efforts, Laguna Beach remains both vibrant and politically active.
The political climate in Laguna Beach, FL is moderately conservative.
Bay County, FL is very conservative. In Bay County, FL 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.5%.
Bay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laguna Beach, FL is moderately conservative.
Bay County, Florida is very conservative.
Panama City Metro Area is very 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.
Laguna 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 Laguna Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 554 contributions totaling $61,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 404 contributions totaling $144,699 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)