Williston Highlands is a small town in central Florida. It is known for its low population, peaceful atmosphere, and rural charm. As such, the politics of the community are usually mild and quiet. The Williston Highlands City Council consists of five elected members who serve three-year terms. This council meets regularly to discuss and vote on local matters that affect the residents of the town. Issues such as zoning, parks and recreation, public safety, and development are some of the key areas that they focus their attention on. The council also works with state and county governments to determine how best to serve their citizens' needs. Local political candidates running for office in Williston Highlands must be knowledgeable about these topics in order to be successful during campaigns and effective when holding office.
The political climate in Williston Highlands, FL is strongly conservative.
Levy County, FL is very conservative. In Levy County, FL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Levy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.8%.
Levy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williston Highlands, FL is strongly conservative.
Levy 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.
Williston Highlands, 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 Williston Highlands, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 458 contributions totaling $37,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $77,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)