Lake Sarasota, FL is a small town located in southwestern Florida. The politics in the area are driven and shaped by local residents, businesses and organizations. Decisions affecting the community are made through a representative democracy of elected officials at state, county and city levels. Local political candidates regularly seek election to represent Lake Sarasota in their respective governing bodies. These representatives strive to meet the needs of their constituents while also dealing with larger state-wide and national issues that affect all Floridians. The public is encouraged to participate in the political process by attending local meetings or voting in elections. Through strong civic engagement, residents can ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions that will shape Lake Sarasota's future.
The political climate in Lake Sarasota, FL is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Sarasota, FL is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota 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.
Lake Sarasota, 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 Lake Sarasota, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,065 contributions totaling $191,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 567 contributions totaling $186,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)