Anna Maria, FL is a small coastal town in the Tampa Bay area, and politics here are often focused on issues that affect the local community. The mayor and city council have been actively engaged in addressing issues such as protecting the beaches, promoting economic development and maintaining low taxes. Recent initiatives have included creating bike lanes to connect Holmes Beach with Anna Maria, improving water quality, and working towards making the city more environmentally friendly. Additionally, the town has worked hard to preserve its historical charm by preserving its old-fashioned fishing pier and centennial park. In order to ensure all citizens have a voice in their government, political candidates in Anna Maria must be committed to representing the interests of all residents.
The political climate in Anna Maria, FL is somewhat 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
Anna Maria, FL is somewhat 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.
Anna Maria, 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 Anna Maria, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $52,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $11,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)