Raiford, FL is an unincorporated community located in Bradford County. Despite its small size, politics are an important part of the community. With a population of just over 900 people, Raiford has seen some changes in recent years. Most notably, there have been several local election campaigns held to determine the mayor and city council members. All candidates must be residents of Raiford and serve for a four-year term. These elections are often highly contested and provide an opportunity for the citizens of Raiford to have their voices heard and their opinions counted. The local government works hard to keep the town safe, maintain roads and other infrastructure, as well as enact laws that help protect the citizens.
The political climate in Raiford, FL is strongly conservative.
Union County, FL is very conservative. In Union County, FL 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Raiford, FL is strongly conservative.
Union County, Florida 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.
Raiford, 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 Raiford, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)