Springfield, FL is located in the northwestern corner of Florida and is part of Jackson County. It is a small town with a population around 1,800 people. The politics of Springfield are governed by the local government consisting of a mayor and five council members. Each council member represents a different district within the city limits. The current mayor is Charles Smith and he has been in office since 2016. Elections are held every two years to elect members to the city council and mayor. During these elections, candidates run for office that have a variety of backgrounds and interests to provide their unique perspectives to how the town should be run. This ensures that all residents are heard and represented when making decisions that affect them on a daily basis.
The political climate in Springfield, FL is moderately conservative.
Bay County, FL is very conservative. In Bay County, FL 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.5%.
Bay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Springfield, FL is moderately conservative.
Bay County, Florida is very conservative.
Panama City Metro Area 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.
Springfield, 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 Springfield, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,679 contributions totaling $363,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,493 contributions totaling $744,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)