Lafayette County is located in Florida's north-central region and is a great place to live, work, and play. The county is home to a diverse population of over 20,000 people and offers plenty of activities for both residents and visitors alike. When it comes to politics in Lafayette County, the county follows the state’s pattern of mostly voting Democratic. In recent elections, the county has been leaning more towards the Republican Party but still maintains its Democratic majority. The county government consists of a Board of County Commissioners, which works with other local government officials to ensure that all residents are treated fairly and have access to services needed. As far as local political candidates go, there are many who have been involved in local campaigns and taking part in decision making processes that affect the community.
The political climate in Lafayette County, FL is very conservative.
In Lafayette County, FL 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.9%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lafayette County, FL is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Lafayette, 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 Lafayette County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $11,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,971 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $61,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)