Bay Lake, FL is a small town located in Orange County. Its politics are quite diverse and vibrant. The area elects representatives for the local county commission, school board, mayor and city council. These representatives come from different walks of life including business owners, teachers, retired military personnel and many others who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. There is a strong emphasis on community involvement when it comes to local politics in Bay Lake. The city holds regular open forums to discuss issues that affect the local population and encourages its citizens to become involved in the political process by voting in local elections or attending public meetings where ideas can be discussed and decisions can be made. Additionally, political campaigns are actively run throughout the year with candidates engaging with voters through door-to-door canvassing or phone banking which allows them to get their message out to the local populace. All of this contributes to creating an environment where everyone’s voice can be heard and their opinions taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions that affect Bay Lake’s future.
The political climate in Bay Lake, 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
Bay Lake, 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.
Bay Lake, 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 Bay Lake, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,452 contributions totaling $793,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,664 contributions totaling $699,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)