East Palatka, FL is a small town in Putnam County located just north of St. Augustine. It has a rich history and culture that are part of the backbone of this community. Politically, East Palatka is considered to be a conservative stronghold with many voters identifying as Republicans. The town elects local officials on a nonpartisan basis and their primary responsibilities include making decisions on budgeting and taxes, public safety issues, infrastructure improvements, and other issues that affect the local community. The mayor is the most visible figure in politics in East Palatka representing the town's interests at regional and state levels. Every four years citizens vote for their local representatives including city council members who are responsible for ensuring fiscal responsibility in the city budget while also providing essential services such as education and healthcare to the residents of East Palatka.
The political climate in East Palatka, FL is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, FL is very conservative. In Putnam County, FL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 28.9%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Palatka, FL is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, Florida is very conservative.
Palatka Metro Area is very 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.
East Palatka, 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 East Palatka, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $1,283 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $18,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)