San Carlos Park, FL is a small community with a population of just over 10,000 people. It has its own city council and mayor that serves to provide the local citizens with services and resources. The council is made up of five members who are elected by the people and serve for two year terms. City hall is where decisions are made about the future of San Carlos Park, FL and all government related matters. The mayor is the public face of the city and ensures that all necessary processes are in place for smooth running. Residents have access to plenty of information about their local politicians and candidates through city websites, newsletters, social media accounts, and more. Citizens can attend meetings or raise concerns at their local town hall if they have any questions or want to be more involved in politics.
The political climate in San Carlos Park, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Carlos Park, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately 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.
San Carlos Park, 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 San Carlos Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,685 contributions totaling $831,604 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,968 contributions totaling $787,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)