Fort Meade, FL is a small city located in Polk County, Florida. With a population of approximately 5,700 people, Fort Meade is a tight-knit community that is heavily involved in the local political system. The city is represented by several elected officials in both local and state government. In the City Council, Fort Meade is represented by five council members who are elected to serve four year terms. The mayor and vice mayor are also chosen from among these council members. Additionally, the city is part of Florida's State House District 65 which includes parts of Highlands County and Polk County. It is currently represented by Republican Colleen Burton in Florida’s House of Representatives. On the federal level, Fort Meade falls within U.S. Congressional District 15 which includes all or parts of Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee and Polk Counties and it is currently served by Republican Ross Spano in the U.S House of Representatives. Alltogether these officials play a vital role in representing the interests of Fort Meade residents at both local and state levels of government
The political climate in Fort Meade, FL is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Meade, FL is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven 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.
Fort Meade, 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 Fort Meade, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $5,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $8,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)