The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Metro Area is a major metropolitan area in the state of Florida that is home to many different political ideologies. This region is well known for its many county and city governments with strong political stances on a variety of issues. The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton region has several mayors from each municipality as well as county commissioners who represent the interests of their constituents. The local political scene includes both Democrats and Republicans, along with various other third parties such as the Green Party and Libertarian Party. In recent years, the election cycles have been competitive with each party vying for votes from citizens. With this in mind, local candidates and campaigns are routinely working hard to reach out to voters in order to get their voices heard during elections. As the population continues to grow in this region, so does its influence on state and national politics.
The political climate in North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metro area remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.9%.
The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, 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 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69,961 contributions totaling $8,552,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20,040 contributions totaling $9,200,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $459 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)