West Miami, FL is a vibrant and diverse city located in Miami-Dade County that is attracted many people due to its close proximity to downtown Miami. The current mayor of West Miami is Mayor Gabriel Lago, who was elected in 2016 and is a part of the Democratic Party. Under his leadership, one of the main initiatives has been to increase infrastructure spending and invest in public works projects such as redeveloping areas around the city's parks and improving public transportation. Additionally, Mayor Lago has made environmental conservation a priority for the city by creating environmentally friendly policies that protect local waterways and green spaces. With an active and engaged political community, West Miami is consistently working towards improving the quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in West Miami, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Miami, FL is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning 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.
West Miami, 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 West Miami, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,911 contributions totaling $371,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 996 contributions totaling $1,140,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)