North Sarasota, FL has long been an area known for its political engagement and debate. The local electorate is passionate about policy issues that affect their lives and the lives of those around them. In recent years, the city's leaders have worked to ensure that North Sarasota remains a representative democracy with each election cycle featuring a diverse field of candidates from both political parties. During election season, residents can expect to be exposed to a variety of views on important issues such as economic development, education, housing affordability, and crime prevention. They also take part in lively debates and town halls that help to ensure their voices are heard. All of this contributes to an informed electorate capable of making informed decisions when it comes time to vote for local political candidates.
The political climate in North Sarasota, FL is leaning conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Sarasota, FL is leaning conservative.
Sarasota County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
North Sarasota, 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 North Sarasota, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,314 contributions totaling $366,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 834 contributions totaling $427,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $513 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)