Tangerine, FL is a small, close-knit community that takes pride in its local politics. There are several local candidates vying for positions on the town council and school board each year. The elections offer citizens a chance to get involved and shape their community by voting for those who share their ideals. Each candidate brings something different to the table, whether it’s experience or fresh ideas. The local political discourse focuses on issues such as economic growth, public safety, education, infrastructure, and job opportunities. With every election cycle comes an opportunity to move Tangerine forward in meaningful ways. All citizens of Tangerine are encouraged to get involved in the political process by casting their vote during elections and participating in town hall meetings throughout the year.
The political climate in Tangerine, FL is leaning liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tangerine, FL is leaning liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.
Tangerine, 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 Tangerine, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,146 contributions totaling $62,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 414 contributions totaling $73,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)