Indian River Shores, FL is a small town located in Indian River County on Florida’s east coast. It is a unique, affluent community known for its picturesque beaches and natural beauty. Residents of Indian River Shores enjoy a high quality of life with low crime rates and access to all the amenities that come with living in a close-knit community. When it comes to politics, Indian River Shores has its own independent elected officials that are responsible for representing the needs of the citizens within the town limits. These elected officials work closely with local civic organizations to ensure that their goals are met and that the residents of Indian River Shores are well represented when it comes to state and local government decisions. The members of the Town Council play an important role in setting policy and creating legislation that will benefit the citizens of Indian River Shores. Furthermore, representatives from the county government also serve on committees such as zoning boards or transportation boards which affect decision making concerning matters within the town’s borders. All these efforts ensure that Indian River Shores remains an attractive place to live now and into the future.
The political climate in Indian River Shores, FL is moderately conservative.
Indian River County, FL is moderately conservative. In Indian River County, FL 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indian River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 38.7%.
Indian River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Indian River Shores, FL is moderately conservative.
Indian River County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Sebastian-Vero Beach Metro Area is moderately 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.
Indian River Shores, 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 Indian River Shores, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,935 contributions totaling $2,645,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $672 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,563 contributions totaling $11,131,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,440 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)