West Melbourne, FL is a small city located in Brevard County, Florida. It has many local political issues that its residents are passionate about. Issues such as public education funding, infrastructure development and economic growth are all topics that its citizens have opinions on. The city is served by an elected mayor and five council members who are responsible for the governance of the city. Local elections tend to be competitive and the citizens take great pride in participating in the election process. Candidates from both major political parties usually run for office, making sure to discuss their plans to improve the quality of life in West Melbourne. Regardless of who wins, there is always a sense of optimism about West Melbourne’s future and its ability to move forward with positive change.
The political climate in West Melbourne, FL is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Melbourne, FL is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro Area is moderately 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.
West Melbourne, 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 West Melbourne, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,580 contributions totaling $574,717 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,517 contributions totaling $511,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)