Palm Beach Gardens, FL is a medium-sized city located in the southeastern state of Florida. The city has a long history of civic engagement and an active political environment. Palm Beach Gardens local politics are dictated by the City Council, which holds regular meetings to discuss issues affecting the community. The City Council consists of six members who serve two-year terms and are elected by the residents of Palm Beach Gardens in a non-partisan election. The City Council is responsible for setting policy and making decisions concerning things like taxation, planning, zoning, development, and other important matters. On top of this, there are also several committees set up to address certain topics such as parks and recreation or public safety. This allows citizens to have a direct say in how their government operates and provides them with an opportunity to make changes that will improve their quality of life. Aside from these main bodies of governance, Palm Beach Gardens is represented by multiple representatives on both the state and congressional levels that work hard to represent the needs of their constituents.
The political climate in Palm Beach Gardens, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Palm Beach Gardens, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 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.
Palm Beach Gardens, 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 Palm Beach Gardens, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,889 contributions totaling $15,129,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,327 contributions totaling $16,718,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)