Lakewood Park, FL is a small town located in North Florida. It has a population of roughly 8,000 residents and is known for its quaint atmosphere and beautiful natural scenery. Despite its small size, Lakewood Park has a vibrant political culture that features local candidates running for office every election cycle. Candidates in the recent mayoral election included Eric Bradford, a local business owner with deep roots in the community; Fred Edwards, an experienced politician and former state representative; and Lana Williams, a young entrepreneur looking to bring fresh ideas to the city. Each candidate has their own unique vision for the future of Lakewood Park and made strong efforts during their campaigns to connect with voters. While elections are always competitive, it's clear that Lakewood Park residents take politics seriously and demand representation from their elected officials.
The political climate in Lakewood Park, FL is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative. In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lakewood Park, FL is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie 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.
Lakewood Park, Florida: d d D d 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 Lakewood Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 414 contributions totaling $20,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $32,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)