The town of Macclenny, FL is located in Baker County in North Florida. It is a small town with a population of around 6,500 people. Macclenny has a mayor-council form of government and its current mayor is Randall A. Crews. The city's council consists of five members who are elected by the local residents to serve four-year terms. These members represent the different districts within the city and help make important decisions affecting the town's infrastructure, economic development and quality of life. The council works closely together with local businesses, non-profits and community organizations to promote growth and prosperity in the town while preserving its character and charm.
The political climate in Macclenny, FL is strongly conservative.
Baker County, FL is very conservative. In Baker County, FL 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.6% to 14.5%.
Baker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Macclenny, FL is strongly conservative.
Baker County, Florida is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Macclenny, 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 Macclenny, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $1,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $17,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)