Vernon is a small town located in Washington County, Florida. Although Vernon is a small community, it has an active local political system. The town is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to two-year terms. All candidates must be qualified electors of the town and must submit qualifying paperwork to the City Clerk before being placed on the ballot. Elected officials are responsible for setting tax rates, appointing municipal officers, approving ordinances, and making decisions regarding zoning regulations and other city services. The current mayor of Vernon is John Brown Jr., and he works alongside the four council members to ensure that residents' interests are taken into account when making decisions for the town.
The political climate in Vernon, FL is strongly conservative.
Washington County, FL is very conservative. In Washington County, FL 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 19.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vernon, FL is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Florida 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.
Vernon, 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 Vernon, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $491 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $4,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)