DeLand Southwest, FL is a small rural community located in the Central Florida region. It has a vibrant political climate that is heavily influenced by state and local politics. At the local level, the DeLand Southwest Community Association works to ensure that residents have access to fair representation through its active involvement in the election process. Candidates for local office are chosen from the community and are often connected to long-standing residents and small business owners. The association also works to promote voter education and engagement in order to increase civic participation within DeLand Southwest. On the state level, representatives from DeLand Southwest are involved with discussions on important issues such as healthcare reform, transportation infrastructure, environmental protection, and economic development. Through their hard work and dedication to their community, DeLand Southwest residents have made it a place where all voices can be heard.
The political climate in DeLand Southwest, FL is leaning liberal.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
DeLand Southwest, FL is leaning liberal.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
DeLand Southwest, Florida: d d d 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 DeLand Southwest, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 852 contributions totaling $59,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $64,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)