Englewood, FL is a small town located in Sarasota County that is renowned for its rural atmosphere and friendly community. Politically, Englewood is largely conservative, with the majority of local residents voting Republican. The town also has a City Commission that governs the administrative operations of the city and consists of five members who are elected by the local population on a nonpartisan basis. While there are no specific political candidates running for office in Englewood at this time, the citizens take their civic responsibilities seriously when it comes to choosing who will represent their interests on the City Commission. Even though there isn’t much political divisiveness in Englewood, its citizens still strive to be informed and engaged when it comes to local politics and making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Englewood, FL is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Englewood, FL is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, Florida is somewhat 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.
Englewood, 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 Englewood, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,933 contributions totaling $652,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,839 contributions totaling $504,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)