Apopka, FL is a vibrant city located in Orange County, Florida. The city has experienced steady growth over the past few decades and is now home to approximately 51,000 people. In terms of politics, Apopka is served by two state legislators from the 29th district in the Florida House of Representatives and one state senator from the 13th district in the Florida Senate. Additionally, at the local level there are three city commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis who oversee Apopka's government operations. The mayor is elected by citizens of Apopka on an at-large basis every four years. Political issues important to Apopka residents include economic development, infrastructure investment, public safety and neighborhood revitalization. Local business owners are actively involved in advocating for their interests and engaging with policy makers to ensure that Apopka remains a vibrant community full of opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Apopka, 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
Apopka, 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.
Apopka, 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 Apopka, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,885 contributions totaling $193,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,014 contributions totaling $192,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)