Merritt Island, FL is a small town on the east coast of central Florida. Politically, Merritt Island is a part of Brevard County and falls under its jurisdiction. The county is represented primarily by members of the Republican party in both state and federal level elections. Locally, Merritt Island has its own city council which is responsible for all municipal issues in the town. The city council works to ensure that local laws are enforced and that citizens receive quality services from their government. In addition to this, they work with other organizations in order to help foster a strong sense of community in Merritt Island. While most elected officials in the area are Republicans, there are still many citizens who choose to abstain from voting or who cast their ballots for non-mainstream parties or candidates who offer alternative solutions to the issues facing Brevard County. It is clear that politics play an important role in Merritt Island and will continue to do so into the future.
The political climate in Merritt Island, 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
Merritt Island, 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.
Merritt 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 Merritt Island, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,973 contributions totaling $174,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,248 contributions totaling $345,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)