Oakland Park, FL is a small city in Broward County located just outside of Fort Lauderdale. It has a diverse population and strong history as a vibrant community. Politics in Oakland Park is focused on advocating for the needs of the citizens by ensuring adequate resources for public safety, education, health and human services. Local political candidates strive to make sure that the city continues to grow and improve through responsible fiscal management and innovative programs. They work hard to create an environment where all residents can live in a safe and prosperous community with opportunities for economic growth and success. Furthermore, they are dedicated to creating positive change through collaboration with other local governments as well as businesses, non-profits and community organizations.
The political climate in Oakland Park, FL is strongly liberal.
Broward County, FL is strongly liberal. In Broward County, FL 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broward county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 34.7%.
Broward county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakland Park, FL is strongly liberal.
Broward County, Florida is strongly 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.
Oakland Park, 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 Oakland Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,278 contributions totaling $2,641,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,341 contributions totaling $1,846,484 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $789 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)