Port St. John, FL is a small city located in Brevard County, Florida. As of the most recent census, the city has a population of around 8,000 people. The political climate in Port St. John is quite similar to that of many other towns and cities throughout Florida: moderately conservative and politically active. Although there are no local political candidates in Port St. John at this time, citizens still engage in civic discourse and participate in local elections by voting for their preferred candidates from neighboring areas such as Melbourne and Titusville. Furthermore, the City Council of Port St. John provides residents with various opportunities to get involved with politics, including town hall meetings and open forums for discussing topics such as taxes and public works projects. Residents also have access to several news sources which cover local and state-wide politics in detail, allowing them to stay up-to-date on current issues affecting the area.
The political climate in Port St. John, FL is somewhat 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
Port St. John, FL is somewhat 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.
Port St. John, 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 Port St. John, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,764 contributions totaling $62,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $15,907 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)