North DeLand, FL is a small town located in Volusia County. Although the city is relatively small and does not have a large population, it still plays an important role in politics within Volusia County. Local elections are held every 4 years for the position of Mayor as well as for City Council members. These races draw strong support from the local community and many citizens participate by voting or becoming involved with campaigns. The current Mayor of North DeLand is Kevin McDermott and the City Council consists of five members who work together to pass legislation that affects the local area. Additionally, there are several state representatives who work diligently on behalf of North DeLand’s residents at both the state and federal levels. The people of North DeLand take their civic duties seriously, and this can be seen in their willingness to get involved in politics at all levels.
The political climate in North DeLand, FL is leaning conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North DeLand, FL is leaning conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
North DeLand, Florida: d d d 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 North DeLand, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,392 contributions totaling $186,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 491 contributions totaling $135,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)