St. Augustine, Florida is a city steeped in history and culture, but it is also a vibrant community that hosts its own unique political scene. The city's government structure operates like most other cities in the state of Florida with an elected mayor and commission governing the city. Since incorporation in 1824, St. Augustine has held many local elections to decide on issues such as taxes and public works projects. Residents of St. Augustine have a wide variety of options when it comes to their representation at the municipal level, electing candidates from both major political parties as well as some independents. In addition to local candidates who are vying for office, St. Augustine residents are often impacted by state and federal legislation that affects their lives daily. As such, there is an important role for citizens to play in making sure their voices are heard by engaging with local politics and voting in elections that affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in St. Augustine, FL is somewhat conservative.
St. Johns County, FL is strongly conservative. In St. Johns County, FL 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Johns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.1%.
St. Johns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Augustine, FL is somewhat conservative.
St. Johns County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
St. Augustine, 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 St. Augustine, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,864 contributions totaling $508,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,720 contributions totaling $779,912 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)