Ocoee, FL is an area of Central Florida located in Orange County. It is known as the \"City of Perfect Balance\" and offers its residents small town charm with big city amenities. Ocoee is home to many businesses and organizations such as the West Orange Historical Society, the Southwest Middle School, and the Ocoee Family YMCA. Politically, Ocoee is largely republican-leaning, though there are also democratic voters in the area. In recent years, there have been several local political candidates from both major parties running for office in Ocoee. These elections have been contested, with both sides vying for favor from local voters. Several organizations in the area host events and debates to help inform citizens about local issues and political candidates. Ultimately, it’s up to the people of Ocoee to decide who they want representing them in local office.
The political climate in Ocoee, FL is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocoee, FL is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Ocoee, Florida: d d D D D D
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 Ocoee, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,328 contributions totaling $1,772,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,818 contributions totaling $2,530,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)