The small city of Samoset, FL is located in the southeastern part of Florida and is home to a population of around 5,000 residents. Samoset prides itself on having a small-town feel with friendly neighbors and lovely scenery. Politically, the city is largely composed of conservative voters who tend to lean Republican in national elections. The local elections are filled with different candidates each year who are all passionate about making Samoset a better place to live. Local issues such as taxes and public safety are important factors that will be discussed among the candidates during the election season. Although political debates tend to be heated in Samoset, it's obvious that the citizens have a strong sense of community and care deeply for their city's future prosperity.
The political climate in Samoset, FL is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Manatee County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manatee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Manatee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Samoset, FL is leaning conservative.
Manatee 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.
Samoset, 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 Samoset, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 640 contributions totaling $57,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $316,832 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)