Wellington, FL is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. It has a population of over 60,000 people and is known for its vibrant local politics. Wellington has an active City Council composed of five members elected by the residents of Wellington to serve four-year terms. The council is responsible for passing laws and overseeing municipal operations, such as budgeting, zoning ordinances, building codes, public health regulations, and other matters that affect the lives of citizens. Additionally, there are numerous boards and committees that help to make up the political landscape in Wellington. These boards include the Planning & Zoning Board which makes decisions around land use regulations; the Code Compliance Board which helps ensure compliance with the city code; and the Environmental Advisory Board which looks at environmental sustainability initiatives. All these different elements come together to create a dynamic political environment in Wellington where everyone can have their voice heard.
The political climate in Wellington, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellington, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 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.
Wellington, 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 Wellington, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,297 contributions totaling $1,066,921 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,327 contributions totaling $1,759,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $529 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)