Santa Rosa County, located in Northwest Florida, is an area of great political activity. The county has been historically represented by the Republican party for many years, although recent elections have seen more diverse representation from both major parties. Within Santa Rosa County, there are several local political action committees that work to support their party candidates and issues. Recently, these committees have been working together to ensure that all citizens of the county have access to their right to vote and be properly informed on the current issues before holding office. There have also been numerous local candidates running for various positions within the county’s government, such as mayor, commissioner, and school board member. All of these candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels but they all strive for the same goal - a better Santa Rosa County.
The political climate in Santa Rosa County, FL is very conservative.
In Santa Rosa County, FL 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Rosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.8%.
Santa Rosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santa Rosa County, FL is very conservative.
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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.
Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,175 contributions totaling $305,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,087 contributions totaling $633,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)