The city of Crystal River, FL (34429) is a small community in Citrus County located on Florida’s Nature Coast. With a population of about 3,000 people, Crystal River is known for its plentiful activities and entertainment centered around nature conservation. The politics of this small town are focused on preserving the environment and ensuring the well-being of its citizens. Local candidates typically strive to push initiatives that will protect the natural resources and wildlife that makes Crystal River so special. Issues that have been discussed recently include clean water initiatives through conservation efforts, improvements to infrastructure to support local businesses and tourism, and tax incentives for entrepreneurial activities. The local political landscape is largely shaped by the commitment to environmental stewardship and providing quality services to residents.
The political climate in Zip 34429 (Crystal River, FL) is strongly conservative.
Citrus County, FL is very conservative. In Citrus County, FL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Citrus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 29.0%.
Citrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34429 (Crystal River, FL) is strongly conservative.
Crystal River, Florida is strongly conservative.
Citrus County, Florida is very conservative.
Homosassa Springs 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.
Crystal River, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 34429 (Crystal River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 342 contributions totaling $12,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $62,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)