West DeLand, FL is a small city in the heart of Florida that serves as the county seat for Volusia County. A diverse population of around 14,000 people call this vibrant city home. The city government is run by a nonpartisan mayor-council system where five council members are elected from single-member districts to represent their respective constituents. Local politics in West DeLand revolves around concerns such as infrastructure improvement, public safety, and economic development. While there may not be any particular candidates to highlight, the issues facing West DeLand remain important to citizens who vote on local policies and initiatives with the aim of making their community a better place to live.
The political climate in West DeLand, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West DeLand, FL is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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 DeLand, Florida: d d d 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 DeLand, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 852 contributions totaling $59,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $64,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)