The small town of Timber Pines, FL is located in Hernando County and has a population of about 4,700 people. It is a peaceful community with a tight-knit local government and an involved citizenry. Politically, the town leans more conservatively than the state as a whole, but there are many different views held by the citizens of Timber Pines. In recent elections, the mayor of Timber Pines and most of the city council have been Republicans, but some progressive candidates have also been elected to office. During election season, there are numerous debates and forums hosted by local organizations so that citizens can get to know each candidate’s stances on important issues before they cast their votes. The townspeople also take part in national elections by participating in voter registration drives and attending rallies for their favored candidates. Timber Pines residents take pride in having their voices heard on both local and national issues.
The political climate in Timber Pines, FL is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, FL is strongly conservative. In Hernando County, FL 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hernando county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 34.4%.
Hernando county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Timber Pines, FL is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Timber Pines, Florida: d 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 Timber Pines, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,039 contributions totaling $22,978 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 417 contributions totaling $40,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)