Pine Castle, FL is a small town located in central Florida with a population of around 3,000 people. It is a vibrant community with its own unique political climate. The town has had many local elections over the years, and various candidates have run for office in order to represent the citizens of Pine Castle. Though there are no major political parties or movements that dominate the landscape of local politics in Pine Castle, all candidates strive to bring forward their unique ideas and visions for how they can improve the town and its citizens. The current mayor of Pine Castle is Ronald Stephens who has been in office since 2014. He has made various improvements to the local infrastructure and economy, and remains popular among his constituents.
The political climate in Pine Castle, FL is moderately 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
Pine Castle, FL is moderately 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.
Pine Castle, 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 Pine Castle, 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)