Alachua County, Florida is home to a thriving political climate. The county and its residents are represented in the state legislature by Republican Senator Keith Perry, Democratic Representative Clovis Watson Jr., and Republican Representative Charles Van Zant. Local elections are also held in Alachua County to provide representation on the county commission and school board. Candidates for local office come from a variety of backgrounds and ensure that all voices can be heard. Issues such as economic development, education, public safety, environmental protection, and social equity are important to all Alachua County residents. All candidates have the opportunity to address these issues during their campaigns and serve their constituents with integrity once in office.
The political climate in Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal.
In Alachua County, FL 62.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alachua county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.7% to 35.6%.
Alachua county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal.
Gainesville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Alachua, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Alachua County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,789 contributions totaling $3,717,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,361 contributions totaling $1,097,878 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)