The Wauchula, FL Metro Area is a vibrant and ever-growing community that offers a wide range of experiences for its residents. Politically, it is highly diverse, with both major parties actively engaging citizens in the form of local campaigns and events. The area is home to three congressional districts and more than 20 state house districts. In addition, each of the local municipalities has their own council or mayor and other elected officials. Every two years, citizens vote on a variety of issues ranging from taxes to public safety to infrastructure projects. Residents can stay up to date on current elections by reading local papers, participating in debates with candidates, attending rallies or protests, visiting interactive websites like Vote411 and even watching televised candidate forums. With such rich diversity and active political engagement, the Wauchula Metro Area serves as an example for communities across the nation.
The political climate in Wauchula Metro Area is very conservative.
In Wauchula Metro Area 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Wauchula metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 27.0%.
The Wauchula metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wauchula Metro Area is very 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.
Wauchula, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Wauchula Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $22,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $50,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)