Port St. Lucie, Florida is a vibrant and diverse city that is home to a population of about 169,000 people. The city has been governed locally by an elected mayor-council form of government since its incorporation in 1961. The mayor and council are dedicated to the preservation of quality services for citizens while keeping taxes low. They are responsible for establishing ordinances, policies, and regulations that ensure public safety and promote economic development. In addition to the city’s local government, Port St. Lucie is represented in Washington D.C. by Congressman Brian Mast from Florida’s 18th district as well as Senator Marco Rubio from Florida. Through their work, they have been able to bring much needed resources to the people of Port St. Lucie, such as improved infrastructure and access to high speed broadband internet service. By working together with state and federal representatives, local leaders in Port St. Lucie are able to make sure that their citizens receive the best possible representation on all levels of government.
The political climate in Port St. Lucie, FL is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative. In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port St. Lucie, FL is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie 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.
Port St. Lucie, Florida: d d D d 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 Port St. Lucie, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,184 contributions totaling $1,243,911 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,318 contributions totaling $1,662,487 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)