Marion County, located in the heart of Central Florida, is a strong and vibrant community. It is home to many important institutions such as the University of Florida and the Marion County Courthouse. The area has experienced significant growth in recent years due to its close proximity to Orlando and other urban centers. Politically, Marion County is a predominantly conservative area. However, it does lean more towards the Democratic Party than Republican Party when it comes to local elections. The main political organizations in the county are the Marion County Republican Executive Committee and the Marion County Democratic Executive Committee. Both organizations work hard to ensure that their candidates are successful during local elections and strive to keep their constituents informed about current issues and upcoming events. Overall, politics in Marion County tend to be fairly stable with both Democrats and Republicans actively engaging in local issues.
The political climate in Marion County, FL is strongly conservative.
In Marion County, FL 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion County, FL is strongly conservative.
Ocala Metro Area is strongly 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.
Marion, 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 Marion County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,695 contributions totaling $545,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,501 contributions totaling $1,062,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)