Sarasota Springs, Florida is an area that is heavily involved in politics. It has a long history of strong leadership in local government and participation in both state and national elections. Recently, the citizens of Sarasota Springs have come out in full force to support several local political candidates who are running for office. These candidates include David Loughran who is running for mayor, Chris Dyer who is running for County Commissioner, and John Smith who is running for City Councilman. Each candidate has put forward their own unique platform to address the issues facing Sarasota Springs and its citizens, from tackling crime to improving education and public transportation. The people of Sarasota Springs will soon go to the voting booths to decide which candidates they believe will best serve them and the community as a whole.
The political climate in Sarasota Springs, FL is leaning conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sarasota Springs, FL is leaning conservative.
Sarasota 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.
Sarasota Springs, 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 Sarasota Springs, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,000 contributions totaling $230,029 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 710 contributions totaling $141,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)