The politics in Palmetto, FL are affected by the people that live in the area and their local representatives. Every two years, residents of Palmetto have the opportunity to vote for their representative in Congress. These candidates come from both major political parties and generally promote different policies in regards to immigration, healthcare, taxes, and other important issues. Local elections are also held periodically for mayors, county commissioners, school board members, and other positions. All of these individuals make decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of Palmetto's residents. The citizens of Palmetto take pride in their town and are very involved in watching their local representatives closely to make sure their interests are being met.
The political climate in Palmetto, FL is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Manatee County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manatee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Manatee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Palmetto, FL is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Palmetto, 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 Palmetto, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,961 contributions totaling $141,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 917 contributions totaling $244,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)