Marco Island, FL is a small city located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida. The city has a wide variety of amenities including beaches, restaurants, shops, and parks. Despite its size, Marco Island has an active local political landscape with plenty of debate and dialogue about the future of the city. Residents have plenty of resources to get involved in politics and shape the city's future through local initiatives like town hall forums or city council meetings. Politicians from both sides come together to discuss important issues that affect the community such as taxes, zoning regulations, public safety, transportation, economic development initiatives, and environmental issues. City leaders are also focused on preserving Marco Island's natural beauty and keeping it an attractive destination for tourists while balancing the needs of residents.
The political climate in Marco Island, FL is moderately conservative.
Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. In Collier County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 37.3%.
Collier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marco Island, FL is moderately conservative.
Collier County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Naples-Marco Island Metro Area is strongly 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.
Marco Island, 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 Marco Island, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,370 contributions totaling $811,301 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,678 contributions totaling $786,993 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)