St. Lucie County is located on the east coast of Florida and is home to a diverse population. The county is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners, who are elected at-large by registered voters in the county. The county also has six constitutional officers, including Clerk of the Circuit Court, Property Appraiser, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Supervisor of Elections, and State Attorney. These officers are elected to four-year terms in partisan elections. Working together with local citizens and businesses, the commission sets policies which guide and direct growth in St. Lucie County. They strive to make it an attractive place to live and work while preserving its natural beauty for future generations.
The political climate in St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative.
In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie 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.
St. Lucie, Florida: d d D d 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 St. Lucie County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,827 contributions totaling $509,847 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,748 contributions totaling $508,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)