The city of Boca Raton, FL has a population of around 94,000 people and is located in the heart of Palm Beach County. The City Council consists of four elected members who serve two-year terms. Recent local political candidates have included Al Zucaro, Andy Thomson, Jeremy Rodgers, and Monica Mayotte. These candidates are all focused on improving the quality of life for citizens in Boca Raton through tax reform and increased attention to public safety. With an increasing population year-over-year, Boca Raton's politicians need to ensure that resources are allocated effectively to provide residents with the best possible services. In addition, they must take into consideration the rapidly evolving economy in south Florida and focus on policies that will bring new businesses and jobs to the city.
The political climate in Zip 33496 (Boca Raton, FL) is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33496 (Boca Raton, FL) is leaning liberal.
Boca Raton, Florida is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Boca Raton, Florida: D D D D D D
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 33496 (Boca Raton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,055 contributions totaling $1,194,953 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,455 contributions totaling $1,757,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)