Politics in Memphis, Florida is a subject that can be seen from multiple angles. It is home to many citizens who take part in the city's decision-making processes and have an active role in its political sphere. As part of a larger county, Memphis also has representatives at the county level who are responsible for making changes and enacting policies on behalf of its citizens. The local government consists of elected officials such as mayors, council members, and commissioners who make decisions about the city’s budget, taxation, infrastructure, and other important matters. The county commission plays an important role in determining how resources are allocated to each municipality within the county. Additionally, the city of Memphis also holds elections for state offices every two years where citizens can choose their preferred candidate to represent them at the state level. Therefore, Memphis residents have both direct influence over local politics through elections and indirect influence over larger issues through their county representatives.
The political climate in Memphis, FL is leaning 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
Memphis, FL is leaning 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.
Memphis, 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 Memphis, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,095 contributions totaling $60,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 396 contributions totaling $110,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)