Coral Gables, Florida is a vibrant city full of culture and opportunity. Politically, the city is governed by six elected officials who act as the head of the Coral Gables Commission. These members serve staggered four-year terms and are responsible for setting policy, providing guidance to staff and making decisions in the best interest of their constituents. The Commission also appoints a City Mayor and Vice Mayor who are responsible for providing leadership to the city’s government. Additionally, Coral Gables is represented in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate by elected officials who focus on issues specific to this area. With such a diverse population, these representatives have the difficult task of balancing local interests with larger political issues that affect all Floridians.
The political climate in Coral Gables, FL is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coral Gables, FL is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 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.
Coral Gables, 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 Coral Gables, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59,002 contributions totaling $25,419,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16,349 contributions totaling $25,991,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)