Melbourne Beach, FL is a small town located on the east coast of Florida. Its politics are largely centered around issues like environmental protection, public safety and security, economic development and local governance. The town has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor leading the town council in policy making. The town also has a police department and fire department responsible for ensuring public safety, as well as a city manager who oversees the daily operations of the municipality. Local elections take place every two years in November to determine who will be elected to serve on the Town Council and make decisions that affect all Melbourne Beach residents. Residents are highly engaged in their local government and have an opportunity to participate in local politics by attending council meetings or voting for candidates they believe will make sound decisions that benefit their community.
The political climate in Melbourne Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Melbourne Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro Area 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.
Melbourne Beach, 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 Melbourne Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 767 contributions totaling $178,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 427 contributions totaling $331,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $775 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)