South Miami, FL is a vibrant city with a long and rich history of political activity. In recent years, the city has seen a significant increase in political involvement from its citizens. From local elections to national issues, South Miami residents have always felt strongly about their beliefs and have had no problem expressing them through their votes. From influencing policies on education, healthcare, and housing to campaigning for candidates that they believe in, South Miami citizens are passionate about politics. Not only do they know the current candidates running for office in the city but also keep updated on statewide and even national issues that could affect their community. With this level of engagement in politics, South Miami remains an active part of the political landscape in Florida and beyond.
The political climate in South Miami, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Miami, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning 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.
South Miami, 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 South Miami, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,039 contributions totaling $6,265,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,081 contributions totaling $7,095,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)