Oak Ridge, FL is a small town located in the northern part of Florida. The town has a long history of political involvement and activism, with its citizens actively participating in local and state elections. Oak Ridge is an independent municipality outside of any county or district, meaning that it has its own local government structure. This includes a mayor, six city council members, and various other elected officials such as a clerk and judge. Local issues are handled by these elected officials, who work to ensure that the citizens of Oak Ridge are represented on larger regional issues. The community comes together during election season to make important decisions about who will best serve the needs of Oak Ridge’s residents. It is important for the citizens of Oak Ridge to stay active in politics so that their voices can be heard on important matters both locally and regionally.
The political climate in Oak Ridge, FL is strongly liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Ridge, FL is strongly liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Oak Ridge, Florida: d d D D D D
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 Oak Ridge, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,408 contributions totaling $170,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 400 contributions totaling $245,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)