Lake Wales, FL is a small town located in Central Florida which has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Despite its size, Lake Wales has an active and involved political climate. At the local level, the city is governed by a mayor and five commissioners who are all elected to serve four-year terms. The city council meets regularly to discuss important issues related to the community such as housing, infrastructure development, public safety, and economic development. In addition to the local government, Lake Wales also has several active civic organizations that work on behalf of their neighborhoods in order to ensure that their voices are heard. Over the years these groups have played an integral role in making sure that the needs of the citizens are being met by both local and state officials.
The political climate in Lake Wales, FL is leaning conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Wales, FL is leaning conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven 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 Wales, 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 Wales, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,837 contributions totaling $141,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,140 contributions totaling $491,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)