Suwannee County, FL has a local government that is responsible for providing services to its citizens. The Board of County Commissioners is composed of five members and works in conjunction with the county manager, clerk and sheriff. Each commissioner serves four-year terms and sets the policies for the county government. The board works together to promote economic development, enhance public safety and health, and maintain the quality of life for its citizens. Elected officials also include a non-partisan supervisor of elections, a property appraiser, tax collector, and surveyor. Through their efforts, Suwannee County has been able to provide its residents with the necessary resources needed to improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Suwannee County, FL is very conservative.
In Suwannee County, FL 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suwannee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 21.3%.
Suwannee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Suwannee 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.
Suwannee, 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 Suwannee County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $18,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 538 contributions totaling $72,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)