Daytona Beach Shores, FL is a small city located on the east coast of Florida. It is home to many beachgoers and vacationers, but also has a thriving local political scene. City Hall houses the offices of the five city commissioners who are responsible for managing the government and making decisions that affect the citizens. The Mayor serves as an ex-officio member of all boards and commissions and also serves as a liaison between the citizens and their government. In addition to city government, Daytona Beach Shores residents can get involved in state and national politics by voting in elections or volunteering with local campaigns. No matter how you choose to get involved in Daytona Beach Shores politics, it's an exciting time to be living here!
The political climate in Daytona Beach Shores, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Daytona Beach Shores, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
Daytona Beach Shores, Florida: d d d 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 Daytona Beach Shores, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,650 contributions totaling $210,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,762 contributions totaling $512,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)