Citrus County is located in the state of Florida and is home to a wide array of political activity. The county seat is Inverness, and it has been represented on the national level by two congressional districts since 2003. Locally, Citrus County operates under a commission-manager form of government, with five commissioners representing each of its five districts serving as the chief legislative body. The county also elects a separate seven-member School Board to oversee public education in the area. \nAt the state level, Citrus County is represented in the Florida House of Representatives by three representatives and two senators in the Florida Senate. Registered voters can participate in elections for these posts every two years during general elections following each census year. Additionally, voters can also cast their ballots for a number of local offices such as Sheriff, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Clerk of Courts. Finally, special district elections are held periodically throughout the county's five districts for specific issues like bond referendums or tax levies. By engaging actively at all levels of government, citizens of Citrus County are able to make their voices heard on important matters affecting their community's future.
The political climate in Citrus County, FL is very conservative.
In Citrus County, FL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Citrus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 29.0%.
Citrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Citrus County, FL is very conservative.
Homosassa Springs Metro Area is very 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.
Citrus, 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 Citrus County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,710 contributions totaling $231,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,667 contributions totaling $397,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)