St. Augustine Beach is a small city located in St. Johns County, Florida. Politically, it is part of the larger St. Johns County and is represented by several local, state, and national representatives from both major political parties. On the local level, the city government holds elections every two years to elect a mayor and three commissioners that make up the Board of Commissioners for St. Augustine Beach. These officials are responsible for setting policy and representing the interests of their constituents at city council meetings and other public forums within the community. On a state level, residents are represented by one state senator and one state representative in Tallahassee who work to pass legislation beneficial to their constituents. The federal government also has representation in Washington D.C., with two Senators and a Representative who work on behalf of all Floridians in Congress. All of these elected officials strive to ensure that St. Augustine Beach remains an attractive place to live, work, play, and visit for everyone involved.
The political climate in St. Augustine Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
St. Johns County, FL is strongly conservative. In St. Johns County, FL 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Johns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.1%.
St. Johns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Augustine Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
St. Johns County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
St. Augustine Beach, 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 St. Augustine Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,162 contributions totaling $314,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,316 contributions totaling $485,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)