The small town of Iona, FL is a quaint community located in the northern part of the county. Although it has its own local government and council, it does not directly elect any political candidates. Instead, Iona’s citizens are represented by those elected to serve in larger state and federal offices. Despite this lack of direct representation, political issues still affect the people of Iona, and many residents take an active interest in politics and tap into their civic duty to vote at each election cycle. Issues such as taxes, healthcare access, environmental protection, education and infrastructure impact the lives of people living in Iona just like any other area. The town’s citizens take pride in their town’s history, progress and its future prospects as part of a larger regional voice on important issues.
The political climate in Iona, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iona, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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.
Iona, 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 Iona, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,053 contributions totaling $496,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,142 contributions totaling $513,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)