Indian River County, Florida is home to a wide variety of political views and ideologies. The local politicians in Indian River are active in the community and strive to meet the needs of its citizens. The most recent election saw a few new faces thrown into the mix, with a great deal of enthusiasm and passion for their positions on key issues. Candidates have presented forward-thinking solutions to challenging issues facing the county, such as public safety, education, economic development, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements. Residents can take comfort in knowing that their voices will be heard at the ballot box. With two distinct political parties represented across its many precincts, Indian River County remains an important center for political discourse and engagement.
The political climate in Indian River County, FL is moderately conservative.
In Indian River County, FL 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indian River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 38.7%.
Indian River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Indian River County, FL is moderately conservative.
Sebastian-Vero Beach Metro Area is moderately 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.
Indian River, 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 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 Indian River County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,961 contributions totaling $2,990,230 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,298 contributions totaling $11,785,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,615 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)