Mary Esther, FL is a small city located in the Florida Panhandle. It is home to approximately 5,000 people who are served by the Mary Esther City Council. The City Council consists of an elected Mayor and four City Council Members who form the legislative body for the city. The Mayor serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the city and works with the City Council to create ordinances and policies that promote quality of life and economic development within Mary Esther. The City Council passes legislation, regulates land use, approves budgets and appoints departments heads. They also hold public meetings allowing citizens to voice their opinions on issues that impact their lives. All members of the City Council are elected through general elections held every two years, providing Mary Esther residents with representation within their local government.
The political climate in Mary Esther, FL is moderately conservative.
Okaloosa County, FL is very conservative. In Okaloosa County, FL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okaloosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.3%.
Okaloosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mary Esther, FL is moderately conservative.
Okaloosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area is very 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.
Mary Esther, 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 Mary Esther, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $29,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 476 contributions totaling $265,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $559 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)