Ocean City, FL is a small city located on the coast of Florida. It has a unique political landscape consisting of local, state, and federal policies that are designed to promote the welfare of its citizens. The local government consists of an elected mayor and four council members who work together to create policies that best serve their constituents. In addition, the city participates in elections for state representatives and senators as well as congressional seats within Florida's congressional district boundaries. Ocean City also holds regular elections for county commissioner positions which are responsible for setting the budget for services such as emergency services and infrastructure maintenance. All residents have the right to voice their opinion in these elections through voting or campaigning for their preferred candidates. Ultimately, it is up to every citizen to decide how they want Ocean City’s future to look like through their electoral choices.
The political climate in Ocean City, FL is moderately conservative.
Okaloosa County, FL is very conservative. In Okaloosa County, FL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okaloosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.3%.
Okaloosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocean City, FL is moderately conservative.
Okaloosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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.
Ocean City, 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 Ocean City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 452 contributions totaling $53,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 421 contributions totaling $94,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)