Palm Bay, FL is a city located along the east coast of Florida in Brevard County. The city has a population of over 107,000 people and is governed by a mayor and five-member City Council. Palm Bay has an active political landscape with frequent elections that feature local candidates running for elected office. In recent years, there have been several issues that have been hotly debated among Palm Bay's residents. These issues include economic development, public transportation infrastructure, public safety and crime prevention initiatives, environmental protection policies, and improving access to sidewalks and trails throughout the city. Additionally, Palm Bay's elected officials are often involved in regional conversations on land use policy, water management plans, and social services programs. All of these topics are important to the citizens of Palm Bay as they work together to create a vibrant community that provides opportunities for everyone.
The political climate in Palm Bay, FL is leaning conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Palm Bay, FL is leaning conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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.
Palm Bay, 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 Palm Bay, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,421 contributions totaling $363,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,254 contributions totaling $127,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)