Cleveland, FL is a small town located in Liberty County, Florida. Politically, the city is governed by a Mayor and a five-member City Council. The City Council consists of four elected members who serve four-year terms and one appointed member who serves an indefinite term. The City Council is responsible for setting policy and passing laws related to the operation of the city, as well as approving the annual budget and providing oversight over all departments within the city government. Every two years, residents of Cleveland have the opportunity to elect members to serve on their City Council. Additionally, they can choose from a variety of local political candidates to help represent their interests in Tallahassee and Washington D.C. All registered voters in Cleveland may vote in local elections for mayor, council members, school board members and other local offices. As such, citizens of Cleveland are able to make their voices heard and have a real impact on the day-to-day operations of their city through their votes.
The political climate in Cleveland, FL is moderately conservative.
Charlotte County, FL is strongly conservative. In Charlotte County, FL 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlotte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 36.3%.
Charlotte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland, FL is moderately conservative.
Charlotte County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Punta Gorda Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,454 contributions totaling $158,659 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,114 contributions totaling $205,888 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)