Altoona, FL is a small city located on the outskirts of the Orlando metropolitan area. It is home to a vibrant community that actively engages in political discourse and debate. The city is run by an elected mayor and council members, who communicate with residents through town hall meetings and other forms of outreach. The local political candidates running for office are focused on creating solutions to the everyday problems facing Altoonans. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development, and environmental sustainability are important to Altoona voters. In the past few years, Altoona has seen an increased focus on civic engagement in order to create meaningful change in their city government and improve the quality of life for its citizens. Through working together as a community, Altoona hopes to make their city an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Altoona, FL is moderately conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Altoona, FL is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
Altoona, 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 Altoona, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $16,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)