Wildwood, FL is a small town located in Sumter County. The city has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor and four council members create and approve laws that govern the community. The current mayor is Doug Stivender, who is running for re-election in 2020 to serve another term. His opponents include Alex Renfroe, Kenney Pullen, and Christina Grady-Johnson. These candidates each bring different perspectives to the table as they strive to represent their constituents with sound policies and initiatives. Some of the issues that have been discussed by the candidates are improving infrastructure, increasing public safety, encouraging local businesses development, and promoting greater economic growth for Wildwood. All the candidates recognize that these are important issues facing Wildwood residents and are working hard to ensure that these needs are addressed during their time in office.
The political climate in Wildwood, FL is moderately conservative.
Sumter County, FL is very conservative. In Sumter County, FL 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 31.7%.
Sumter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wildwood, FL is moderately conservative.
Sumter County, Florida is very conservative.
The Villages Metro Area is very 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.
Wildwood, 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 Wildwood, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,142 contributions totaling $355,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,312 contributions totaling $1,394,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $421 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)