Gadsden County, Florida is located in the northwest part of the state near the Georgia border. It is known for its rural nature and small towns nestled in between sprawling open land. Politically, Gadsden County leans slightly conservative with a slight Democratic majority. The county executive is C. Shawn Harris and he was elected in 2020 after running on a platform of creating more jobs, improving public safety, and providing quality healthcare to all residents. The county has three local representatives in the Florida House of Representatives: Jason Shoaf (R), Ramon Alexander (D), and Halsey Beshears (R). All three are committed to serving their constituents by advocating for the rights of citizens while also pushing for economic growth and development. In addition, there are numerous school boards, city councils, and other government entities that are responsible for enacting policies in Gadsden County that affect the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Gadsden County, FL is very liberal.
In Gadsden County, FL 68.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gadsden county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.0% to 31.4%.
Gadsden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gadsden County, FL is very liberal.
Tallahassee 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.
Gadsden, 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 Gadsden County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,016 contributions totaling $85,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 293 contributions totaling $97,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)