St. Marks, FL is a small city located on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida's Big Bend region. Politically, St. Marks has a strong focus on environmental protection and preservation of its natural resources. The city council is committed to creating sustainable development strategies that are both ecologically and economically beneficial for local residents. Recently, the city has taken steps to reduce water usage by introducing rainwater-collection systems and implementing conservation measures in order to protect the local environment from pollution and overdevelopment. Local political candidates emphasize smart growth initiatives that promote economic development while preserving green spaces and protecting wildlife habitats. They believe in responsible government spending, transparency with constituents, and providing essential services for citizens such as public safety, transportation, education, healthcare, and infrastructure maintenance.
The political climate in St. Marks, FL is strongly conservative.
Wakulla County, FL is very conservative. In Wakulla County, FL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wakulla county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 29.0%.
Wakulla county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Marks, FL is strongly conservative.
Wakulla County, Florida is very conservative.
Tallahassee Metro Area is moderately 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.
St. Marks, 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. Marks, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)