Alafaya, FL is a vibrant and diverse community with active politics. Located in Orange County just outside of Orlando, the town has many elected officials who are actively working to represent the needs of the residents. Local representatives serve on the Orange County Commission and the Alafaya City Council. The City Council consists of five members who are all elected every two years by the registered voters of Alafaya. Issues such as zoning, road improvement projects, public safety ordinances, and economic development initiatives are discussed at council meetings regularly. In addition to local elections, Alafaya residents also participate in state and national elections for political candidates that directly impact their lives. As a community that prides itself on being involved in politics, Alafaya strives to ensure that its residents have a voice in their government.
The political climate in Alafaya, FL is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alafaya, FL is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.
Alafaya, 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 Alafaya, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,761 contributions totaling $378,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,143 contributions totaling $269,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)