Lake Butler, FL is a small town in Florida with a population of around 1,500 people. The local government of Lake Butler is made up of five town council members who are elected by the local residents to represent them in municipal decision making. The town council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month to discuss various topics including budgets, ordinances, infrastructure updates, and community initiatives. Elections for town council members are held annually and all registered voters in Lake Butler may vote for their preferred candidates. Town hall meetings are also regularly held to keep the citizens informed of any new developments or changes within the town. In general, politics in Lake Butler is focused on the best interests of its citizens and ensuring that their voice is heard in all matters pertaining to the community.
The political climate in Lake Butler, FL is strongly conservative.
Union County, FL is very conservative. In Union County, FL 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Butler, FL is strongly conservative.
Union County, Florida is very 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.
Lake Butler, 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 Lake Butler, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $2,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $58,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $665 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)