Plantation CDP, FL is a vibrant city in the Miami-Dade area of Florida. With a population of around 30,000 people, there is plenty of activity and diversity that contribute to the local government and politics. The city is served by its mayor and five City Council members who work together to create policies that will benefit the citizens of Plantation. This year, the primary elections are just around the corner and many local political candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for a chance to lead Plantation. Each candidate has put forward their platform and ideas for how they would like to improve the city. As residents of Plantation, it is important for us to learn about each candidate’s views on issues that matter to us so we can make an educated decision when it comes time to cast our ballots.
The political climate in Plantation CDP (Sarasota County), FL is somewhat 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
Plantation CDP (Sarasota County), FL is somewhat 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.
Plantation CDP (Sarasota County), 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 Plantation CDP (Sarasota County), FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,177 contributions totaling $136,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,233 contributions totaling $144,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)