West Bradenton, FL is a vibrant community located on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It is home to a diverse population and a thriving economy. Politically, West Bradenton is part of Manatee County, Florida and the citizens are represented by two county commissioners who serve four-year terms. The County Commission meets monthly to discuss local issues such as infrastructure improvements, land use decisions, and budgeting. In addition to local government representation, West Bradenton is also represented at the state level by its state senator and representative in the Florida legislature. Issues discussed at this level range from education funding to public safety initiatives. Citizens of West Bradenton are able to participate in local government through attending meetings and voicing their opinion on various matters. This involvement helps ensure that residents have a say in shaping their community’s future while ensuring that important decisions are being made with citizen input.
The political climate in West Bradenton, FL is somewhat conservative.
Manatee County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Manatee County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manatee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Manatee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Bradenton, FL is somewhat conservative.
Manatee County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton 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.
West Bradenton, 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 West Bradenton, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,701 contributions totaling $396,863 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,152 contributions totaling $343,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)