Lakeland Highlands, FL is a small town located in Polk County. It has a community-oriented atmosphere, with many local businesses and organizations that provide residents with an array of services and activities. The local politics in Lakeland Highlands are focused on the well being of the town and its citizens. Community leaders strive to ensure that all citizens have access to resources and quality services, while also promoting economic growth and development throughout the area. Residents and stakeholders often come together for public meetings to discuss policies and procedures that affect their daily lives, as well as upcoming initiatives that could potentially benefit the community. Every decision made by those in charge is aimed at creating a better environment for everyone in Lakeland Highlands, FL.
The political climate in Lakeland Highlands, FL is somewhat 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
Lakeland Highlands, FL is somewhat 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.
Lakeland Highlands, 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 Lakeland Highlands, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,297 contributions totaling $190,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 764 contributions totaling $771,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,010 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)