The politics in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area are greatly impacted by the diverse population within the area. The area is home to a wide range of ethnicities, religions and political affiliations, making it difficult for any one political ideology to dominate. The citizens of this area vote on local and state representatives who must represent a wide variety of interests and concerns in order to be elected. Local elections are closely watched by both candidates and their supporters as they strive to get an edge over their opponents. The overall goal is to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard in the political process. This means that local politicians must be willing to listen to all voices in order to make decisions that will benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area is very conservative.
In Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 27.8%.
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,683 contributions totaling $586,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,975 contributions totaling $2,173,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)