The Tallahassee, FL Metro Area is home to an active political environment. With a population of over 390,000 people, the area boasts a large and engaged citizenry who are passionate about the issues that matter most to their community. Local elections draw high voter turnout as citizens want to ensure that their elected officials are addressing the needs of their city. Notable figures in local politics include Mayor John Dailey and City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox. Both have served in public office for years and remain dedicated to making the city better for its constituents. Additionally, the area has several congressional representatives in both state and federal offices who regularly visit Tallahassee to hear from community members on important matters like healthcare, education reform, and environmental protection. All together, it’s clear that politics plays a large role in life in Tallahassee and gives residents a strong sense of civic pride.
The political climate in Tallahassee Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Tallahassee Metro Area 60.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Tallahassee metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.2% to 38.4%.
The Tallahassee metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tallahassee Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Tallahassee, Florida: D D D D D D
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Tallahassee Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26,117 contributions totaling $3,940,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,652 contributions totaling $3,705,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $656 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)