The small town of Matlacha, Florida is located in Lee County. Its population is relatively small compared to other towns and cities in the area. Politically, Matlacha is a part of Lee County and, as such, its residents are able to participate in local elections for county-wide offices such as mayor, county commissioner, and sheriff. Despite its size, Matlacha has an active community that takes advantage of its political voice. Residents often come together to discuss their views on important issues and to influence state-level legislation. During election season, people from the area can be found volunteering at polling stations or participating in political rallies. The people of Matlacha are passionate about making sure that their voices are heard on the local, state, and national levels.
The political climate in Matlacha, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Matlacha, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Matlacha, 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 Matlacha, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 207 contributions totaling $7,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $17,513 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)