Miami Shores, FL is a small town located in the north of Miami-Dade County. This quaint town has an estimated population of 10,000 people and is governed by a five-member elected city council. The council is tasked with setting policy and enacting ordinances and resolutions to ensure that Miami Shores operates as an efficient and safe municipality. The city council meets publicly on the first and third Tuesday of each month for voting sessions where members discuss issues facing the community. Local elections are held every two years when residents can choose from various candidates who they feel are best suited to represent their interests on the council. There is also a Mayor, who serves as the head of the government, presides over all meetings of the city council, and signs off on any binding documents given final approval by the council. In this way, residents have a direct say in who will govern their town and how it functions.
The political climate in Miami Shores, FL is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Miami Shores, FL is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Miami Shores, Florida: d d D D D d
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 Miami Shores, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,076 contributions totaling $2,922,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,612 contributions totaling $2,819,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,079 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)