North Fort Myers, FL is an area that is steeped in politics. The region has seen many changes over the years, including new mayors, city council members, and school board representatives. This influx of new officials has brought with it a much needed increase in political awareness and involvement from the citizens of North Fort Myers. Residents of the city have come together to support their local candidates and have become more involved in their government's decisions and processes. With assistance from citizens at all levels of society, North Fort Myers is able to develop better policies to help improve the quality of life in the area.
The political climate in North Fort Myers, 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
North Fort Myers, 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.
North Fort Myers, 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 North Fort Myers, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,297 contributions totaling $230,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,389 contributions totaling $235,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)