Pine Ridge, located in Citrus County, Florida, is a small community that is fairly politically active. With several local elections coming up this year, residents of the area are encouraged to get involved and have their voices heard. There are several candidates running for office that represent different points of view and backgrounds. The most important issues currently include education reform, economic development, public safety, environmental protection, and supporting small businesses. Pine Ridge has also been actively pursuing initiatives to bring more jobs and improve quality of life for its citizens through public works projects such as parks and recreation areas. Residents are encouraged to get informed about the local political candidates so they can make an educated vote when election time comes.
The political climate in Pine Ridge (Citrus County), FL is strongly conservative.
Citrus County, FL is very conservative. In Citrus County, FL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Citrus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 29.0%.
Citrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Ridge (Citrus County), FL is strongly conservative.
Citrus County, Florida is very conservative.
Homosassa Springs Metro Area 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.
Pine Ridge (Citrus County), 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 Pine Ridge (Citrus County), FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,430 contributions totaling $134,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,482 contributions totaling $214,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)