The Lake City, FL Metro Area is home to a diverse population and is a vibrant and growing area. Politically, the area is represented by its state representatives in the Florida legislature as well as local city council members. There are many active political initiatives taking place in the city that range from discussions on environmental issues, education, infrastructure, and improving public safety. The Lake City Metro Area has seen an increase in political engagement over the past few years with more citizens getting involved and making their voices heard through local meetings and initiatives. Local political candidates bring a variety of viewpoints to the table while working hard each day to be transparent representatives of their constituents and ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Lake City Metro Area is very conservative.
In Lake City Metro Area 26.9% 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 Lake City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.9%.
The Lake City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City 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.
Lake City, 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 Lake City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 877 contributions totaling $38,752 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 528 contributions totaling $255,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)