The politics in Ormond Beach, FL are an important part of the city's identity. Located in Volusia County, the local elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire community. The city is governed by a mayor and six City Commission members who provide legislative direction to staff and appoint members to various boards and committees. Recent topics of discussion have included public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, tourism, and environmental issues. Community involvement is key to the political process in Ormond Beach and citizens are encouraged to attend meetings or contact their representatives with any concerns.
The political climate in Ormond Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ormond Beach, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
Ormond Beach, Florida: d d d 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 Ormond Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,355 contributions totaling $1,518,489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,530 contributions totaling $2,083,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)