Okahumpka, FL is located in Lake County and is a small city of about 1,491 residents. Despite its size, Okahumpka has an active political scene and is represented by Mayor William H. Whitehead and a four-member City Council who are responsible for the city’s legislative governing. The City Council meets regularly to take up issues such as zoning regulations, infrastructure projects and budgeting for the city’s various departments. In addition to local politicians, Okahumpka residents can also have their voices heard through grassroots organizations such as the Okahumpka Civic Association which hosts events that bring attention to issues affecting the community. Through such organizations, residents are able to engage more actively in politics and make their opinions known to leaders at all levels of government.
The political climate in Okahumpka, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okahumpka, FL is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.
Okahumpka, 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 Okahumpka, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $6,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)