Clay County lies in the northeastern corner of Florida and has a rich history in politics. It is an area that traditionally votes Republican, with prominent local politicians having served in both state and federal government positions. Clay County boasts several elected officials who are actively involved in their communities and work to ensure positive progress for the county’s citizens. The county commissioner, sheriff, tax collector, school board members, state attorney, court clerk and other county departments are all locally elected officials determined to make a positive difference for Clay County residents. With these representatives in office working hard to protect the rights of the citizens and promote responsible development on behalf of the county, Clay County remains a vibrant part of Florida’s political landscape.
The political climate in Clay County, FL is very conservative.
In Clay County, FL 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay County, FL is very conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Clay, 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 Clay County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,331 contributions totaling $257,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,611 contributions totaling $953,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)