Mayo, FL is a small rural town in North Florida. The most popular form of politics seen in Mayo is the local election of county commissioners and city council members. These local officials are responsible for decisions that impact the citizens of Mayo, such as budgeting, maintaining infrastructure, and zoning regulations. Local elections provide an opportunity for citizens to directly influence who will be representing them in these important roles. Individuals running for office must connect with their constituents and make sure they are aware of their candidacy and platform. As a result, political debates often take place before candidate selection so that the people can understand how each candidate may address their concerns if elected. The community values its local government deeply and works diligently to ensure only qualified candidates are chosen to represent them.
The political climate in Mayo, FL is strongly conservative.
Lafayette County, FL is very conservative. In Lafayette County, FL 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.9%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mayo, FL is strongly conservative.
Lafayette County, Florida 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.
Mayo, 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 Mayo, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $11,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,971 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $61,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)