Alachua, Florida is a small city located in Alachua County. It has a friendly, diverse population that values community and civic involvement. The politics of the city center around Alachua's City Commission, which consists of five elected officials who are responsible for managing the city's day-to-day operations. The City Commission meets regularly to discuss issues such as police services, public works, and economic development. Additionally, the Mayor and Vice Mayor are elected every two years by a majority vote from the citizens of Alachua. The City also has an active citizen involvement program that encourages local residents to become involved in politics through engagement with their representatives and attending meetings with local political leaders. With this strong sense of community involvement, politics in Alachua seeks to serve the needs of all citizens while maintaining fiscal responsibility and creating opportunity for economic growth in the region.
The political climate in Alachua, FL is somewhat liberal.
Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal. In Alachua County, FL 62.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alachua county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.7% to 35.6%.
Alachua county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alachua, FL is somewhat liberal.
Alachua County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Gainesville Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Alachua, Florida: D D D D D D
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 Alachua, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,598 contributions totaling $554,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 477 contributions totaling $206,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $432 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)