Key Biscayne is an island town located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. With a permanent population of around 12,500 people, it is an affluent and safe community that is known for its beachside resorts and excellent quality of life. Politically, Key Biscayne is represented by a two-tier system: the Village Council being its form of local government, while the Miami-Dade County Commission represents the countywide level. The Village Council consists of seven members who are elected every two years and charged with managing the village’s budget and infrastructure projects such as road repairs. Additionally, they have authority over zoning laws, refuse collection, police protection, environmental regulations and parks and recreation. The Miami-Dade County Commission consists of thirteen members and serves as the legislative body for all unincorporated areas within the county. This includes establishing ordinances regarding land use and public services. In order to be elected to either body, candidates need to be a resident or property owner in Key Biscayne.
The political climate in Key Biscayne, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Key Biscayne, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning 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.
Key Biscayne, 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 Key Biscayne, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,715 contributions totaling $1,199,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 857 contributions totaling $2,387,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,786 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)