Lely, FL is a small town in Florida that is home to many different perspectives when it comes to politics. While there are no local political candidates in the area, people living in Lely still engage in important political conversations. Residents of Lely enjoy discussing current events and debating pressing issues both on a national and state level. The community often takes part in protests and other forms of civic engagement to make their voices heard. With so much passion for politics, Lely is sure to be an active participant in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Lely, FL is somewhat conservative.
Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. In Collier County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 37.3%.
Collier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lely, FL is somewhat conservative.
Collier County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Naples-Marco Island Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lely, 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 Lely, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,725 contributions totaling $87,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 617 contributions totaling $446,138 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $723 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)