The politics of Pine Island, FL are interesting and important for the people who live in the area. As a growing city in Southwest Florida, Pine Island is part of Lee County, which is a highly politicized county with many different local politicians that help represent the interests of citizens in this region. These politicians work to tackle issues such as affordable housing, economic development, and environmental protection. They also work to ensure that both public services and infrastructure are properly maintained and that policies are in place to protect the rights of all citizens. In addition, they strive to create opportunities for employment, education and health care access for all residents of Pine Island. Ultimately, these local politicians play an essential role in ensuring the prosperity of Pine Island for future generations.
The political climate in Pine Island, FL is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, FL is strongly conservative. In Hernando County, FL 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hernando county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 34.4%.
Hernando county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Island, FL is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pine Island, Florida: d 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 Pine Island, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $36,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $47,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)