Sunrise, FL is a vibrant and diverse city in South Florida with a unique political landscape. The city is represented by several different elected officials at the local, state, and federal level. On the local level, members of the Sunrise City Commission are tasked with approving laws that affect the day-to-day operations of the city. They also review and approve proposed budgets, as well as appoint members to serve on various boards or committees. At the state level, Sunrise is represented by its senator and representative in the Florida State Legislature. These representatives are responsible for introducing legislation that affects all citizens of the state. On the federal level, residents of Sunrise are represented by their senators and representative in Congress. These representatives are tasked with advocating for policies that benefit their constituents at a national level.
The political climate in Sunrise, FL is moderately liberal.
Broward County, FL is strongly liberal. In Broward County, FL 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broward county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 34.7%.
Broward county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sunrise, FL is moderately liberal.
Broward County, Florida is strongly 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.
Sunrise, 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 Sunrise, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,683 contributions totaling $946,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,090 contributions totaling $1,412,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $676 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)