Highland Beach, FL is a small town located in south Palm Beach County. It is home to around 4,000 people and is known for its idyllic beaches. The town's politics center around the Town Commission, made up of five members who are elected on an at-large basis. These commissioners are responsible for setting the town's budget, passing ordinances, approving contracts and making policy decisions that affect residents. They are also actively involved in the community and often host meetings to discuss current issues. The Commission meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Residents can attend these meetings to voice their opinions or ask questions about local policies.
The political climate in Highland Beach, FL is leaning conservative.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highland Beach, FL is leaning conservative.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat 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.
Highland Beach, 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 Highland Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,407 contributions totaling $479,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,138 contributions totaling $2,896,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)