Greenacres, FL is a city in Palm Beach County, located just northwest of West Palm Beach. The city has a mayor-council form of government made up of five elected members and a mayor who serves as the chairperson. The current mayor is Joanne Garl, who was elected in the November 2020 election. The city council works to promote economic growth and development while ensuring that the needs of residents are met. Greenacres seeks to be an active participant in local politics and is home to several political organizations such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Independent Party, and Green Party. In addition, there are numerous civic organizations dedicated to addressing local issues such as crime prevention, environmental protection, community building initiatives, education reform initiatives, and much more. These organizations actively participate in local politics - holding forums for candidates running for office and engaging with their constituents on a regular basis. Residents of Greenacres can get involved in local politics by joining one or more of these organizations or attending local meetings to show their support for certain candidates or causes.
The political climate in Greenacres, FL is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenacres, FL is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Greenacres, 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 Greenacres, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,194 contributions totaling $225,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,210 contributions totaling $236,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)