Williston, Florida is a small town located in the heart of Levy County. The population of Williston as of 2019 was 2,530 people. While this area does not have any local political candidates, it is still very involved in politics. The citizens of Williston have a strong sense of civic duty and are informed about current issues facing their community and the nation at large. They regularly attend town hall meetings to discuss important topics and show up to vote for important elections. While there may not be any local candidates running for office, the residents of Williston take their responsibility as citizens seriously and strive to make their voices heard in all levels of government.
The political climate in Williston, FL is moderately conservative.
Levy County, FL is very conservative. In Levy County, FL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Levy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.8%.
Levy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williston, FL is moderately conservative.
Levy County, Florida is very 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.
Williston, 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 Williston, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $27,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $42,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)