The small town of Otter Creek, FL is a close-knit community with a strong emphasis on local politics. It has a long history of electing their own representatives to the City Council and Mayor to represent their interests at the local level. The members of the City Council are responsible for deciding how to best allocate resources in order to improve the quality of life for their constituents while still staying within budget. The Mayor leads the council and serves as the face of the government when interacting with citizens and external partners such as state government departments. In addition, they are also responsible for ensuring that legislation is passed in accordance with local laws and policies. There is a great sense of civic pride among Otter Creek residents and they take part in every election cycle to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Otter Creek, FL is strongly conservative.
Levy County, FL is very conservative. In Levy County, FL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Levy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.8%.
Levy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Otter Creek, FL is strongly conservative.
Levy County, Florida is very 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.
Otter Creek, 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 Otter Creek, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $29,728 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $46,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $361 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)