Pine Ridge in Collier County, Florida is home to a diverse and vibrant population. The town has experienced a great deal of growth over the past few years due to its proximity to Naples and other nearby cities. As the Pine Ridge area continues to develop, its local politics have become increasingly important. Currently, the town government is run by an elected mayor and five city council members who work together to make decisions about the future of the community. The mayor and council members are responsible for setting public policy objectives, managing budgets, developing ordinances, appointing committees and boards, and overseeing all city departments. Additionally, they also monitor local elections in order to ensure that citizens of Pine Ridge are properly represented in their local government. Each election cycle brings forth new candidates with different ideas about how best to serve the people of Pine Ridge and their interests.
The political climate in Pine Ridge (Collier County), FL is moderately conservative.
Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. In Collier County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 37.3%.
Collier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Ridge (Collier County), FL is moderately conservative.
Collier County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Naples-Marco Island Metro Area is strongly 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 (Collier 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 (Collier County), FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,327 contributions totaling $885,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,138 contributions totaling $3,342,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,065 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)