South Palm Beach, FL is a small town located in the southeastern corner of the state. It has a vibrant, engaged political culture with plenty of local opportunities to get involved. The town is represented by many different representatives at various levels of government; from the state level to the county and municipal government. There are several political parties active in South Palm Beach, ranging from Democrats to Republicans, Libertarians to Greens, and Independents. There are numerous avenues for getting involved politically in South Palm Beach; whether it's attending city council meetings or participating in local campaigns and rallies. Local residents can attend community events like street fairs and parades where they can meet and listen to their representatives speak on issues that matter most to them. Political engagement is a cornerstone of South Palm Beach’s culture, and local residents can easily take part in this vibrant activity through any number of ways.
The political climate in South Palm Beach, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Palm Beach, FL is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
South Palm Beach, Florida: D D D D D D
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 South Palm Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,009 contributions totaling $9,287,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,854 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,327 contributions totaling $27,433,747 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)