Escambia County, located in the northwestern corner of Florida, has a vibrant political landscape that is heavily influenced by local issues. The county is home to several state representatives and senators who are elected to serve in the Florida Senate and House of Representatives. In addition, Escambia County also has two county commissioners who act as the county's governing body and oversee the affairs of the community as a whole. Local elections for both state and county offices are held regularly in Escambia, with candidates from various political parties vying for office. These elections help ensure that citizens' voices are heard at all levels of government and provide an opportunity for residents to make their opinions known on important matters such as taxes, spending, development, education, healthcare, public safety, and more.
The political climate in Escambia County, FL is somewhat conservative.
In Escambia County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Escambia county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.5%.
Escambia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Escambia County, FL is somewhat 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.
Escambia, 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 Escambia County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,483 contributions totaling $529,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,287 contributions totaling $1,410,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)