Ponce Inlet, FL is a small town located in Volusia County on Florida’s east coast. It is known for its beautiful beaches, parks, and historic landmarks. Politically speaking, this town of about 4,400 people has been represented by a mayor and council since 1991. The current mayor is Gary Walkup and the Vice Mayor is Jeff Brower. They are supported by four additional council members who were all elected to four-year terms in 2020. The council members are: Todd Gromacki, Richard Hoodlebrink, Robert Hollerbach, and Amanda O'Neill-Delong. Ponce Inlet works closely with the county government as well as other local municipalities to ensure that the needs of its residents are met. The town prides itself on being an open and engaged community where citizens have a voice in their local government. Residents can attend regular meetings held by the mayor and council where they can share their thoughts or voice concerns about issues impacting their community.
The political climate in Ponce Inlet, FL is somewhat 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
Ponce Inlet, FL is somewhat 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.
Ponce Inlet, 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 Ponce Inlet, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,016 contributions totaling $348,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,322 contributions totaling $767,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)