Glades County, FL is a rural area located in the heart of the state and is home to approximately 13,000 people. The county has a strong sense of community and its politics reflect that as well. Glades County is primarily governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners who are elected by the county’s citizens to serve four-year terms. The commissioners are responsible for managing the county’s resources and budget, setting policy, and making decisions on behalf of their constituents. In addition to local candidates running for office, Glades County also hosts congressional representatives from Florida's 21st district in Washington D.C., as well as two senators from the state. By remaining involved in local politics, Glades County residents can help ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions impacting their community.
The political climate in Glades County, FL is very conservative.
In Glades County, FL 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Glades county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.7% to 26.6%.
Glades county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glades County, FL is very conservative.
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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.
Glades, 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 Glades County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $9,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $38,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $847 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)