Lake Helen, Florida is a small city that is represented by its mayor and four city commissioners. The current mayor is Mark Shuttleworth, who was elected to the post in 2018. Each of the four city commissioners also serve two-year terms with elections held every year. The current city commissioners are Andrew Brown, Charles Kane, William Davis, and Mandy Ladd. These five representatives make decisions for the citizens of Lake Helen on issues such as zoning laws, public works projects, budget appropriations, and local ordinances. They work closely with members of the community to ensure their interests are being heard and taken into account when making decisions for the city. Additionally, the representatives maintain an open dialogue among themselves and other local leaders to ensure that their decisions are reflective of the views of the majority of residents in Lake Helen.
The political climate in Lake Helen, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Helen, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area is somewhat 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 Helen, Florida: d d d 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 Helen, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 901 contributions totaling $27,103 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $17,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)