Miami Springs, FL is a small city located in Miami-Dade County. It has a rich history that dates back to the early 20th century when it was founded as a planned residential community. The current mayor is Zavier Garcia, who has been in office since 2015 and is running for re-election in 2021. Miami Springs is part of the larger Miami-Dade County government, and its citizens are represented by state and county representatives in Tallahassee and Miami respectively. The city has a council/manager form of government with five members elected at large to serve two year terms. Local politics are largely focused on municipal issues such as zoning, public works, parks & recreation, and economic development. Residents are strongly encouraged to participate in their local government either through raising awareness or actively engaging with their representatives directly.
The political climate in Miami Springs, FL is somewhat 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 Springs, FL is somewhat 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 Springs, 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 Springs, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,196 contributions totaling $318,204 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 654 contributions totaling $723,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)