Venice Gardens is a small community located in the heart of Florida. It is an unincorporated census-designated place with a population of slightly over 7,000 people. The area is governed by the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners, who are responsible for providing services, enacting laws, and setting fiscal policies for the community. Local politics in Venice Gardens are focused on issues that relate to the environment, education, local infrastructure and development, public safety and health care. Residents of Venice Gardens can get involved in their local politics by attending civic meetings and getting to know their representatives on the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners. Additionally, residents can make sure that their voices are heard by voicing their thoughts at public hearings held by the Board or making sure to keep up with current political events in Venice Gardens through local media outlets such as newspapers and online sources.
The political climate in Venice Gardens, FL is leaning conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Venice Gardens, FL is leaning conservative.
Sarasota County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton 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.
Venice Gardens, 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 Venice Gardens, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,177 contributions totaling $136,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,233 contributions totaling $144,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)