Mexico Beach, FL is a small beachside town located in Northwest Florida. Despite its small size, the town is home to a vibrant political scene. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor holding executive powers and the council responsible for legislative duties. Each four-year term includes an election season with local candidates from a range of political backgrounds vying for office. Throughout their time in office, elected officials are tasked with keeping the community safe and ensuring economic prosperity for residents. Mexico Beach also has voting precincts set up throughout city limits where citizens can cast their ballots during elections. The politics of Mexico Beach are passionate and engaging, as citizens take seriously their responsibility to select leaders who will represent their best interests and ensure the town’s future success.
The political climate in Mexico 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
Mexico 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.
Mexico 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 Mexico Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $21,852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $33,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)