The Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area is a major region of Florida and is home to many politicians in the area. They work together to make sure that the region is properly represented at all levels of government. The most prominent political figure in the area is U.S. Representative Francis Rooney who serves as the representative for Florida's 19th congressional district. Other important political figures include State Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto, County Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass, and Mayor Joe Coviello. These elected leaders come from both sides of the aisle and work together to make sure that all citizens’ rights are protected and health care, education, transportation, infrastructure, and other important issues are addressed. Additionally, local governments are actively involved in organizing campaigns for finding new ways to address local problems such as poverty or homelessness. Through these efforts, they have been able to create a better quality of life for those living in the region.
The political climate in Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40,670 contributions totaling $4,000,528 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,468 contributions totaling $7,619,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)