Lee, FL is a small town located in the panhandle of Florida, with a population of just over 500 people. As such, Lee has a limited political influence on the larger state and national scene. However, the town does have local elections for positions such as mayor, city council members and other important roles. These elections are often hotly contested as local candidates vie for votes from the citizens of Lee. Many candidates use traditional campaigning methods such as door-to-door visits, radio advertisements, and mailers to reach out to local voters. Candidates also focus on issues that are important to residents such as taxes and services provided by the city government. Additionally, many candidates take part in debates and forums where they can discuss their platforms and positions with community members. With its small population size, Lee is able to provide an intimate setting where voters can get to know their local candidates and make informed decisions about who they would like to represent them in city government.
The political climate in Lee, FL is moderately conservative.
Madison County, FL is moderately conservative. In Madison County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained very strongly Republican, 59.4% to 39.9%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee, FL is moderately conservative.
Madison County, Florida 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.
Lee, 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 Lee, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $7,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $138,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)