The politics in 32724 DeLand, FL are as varied as the people who live here. The City of DeLand is governed by a mayor and five city commissioners who are elected at-large to four-year terms. DeLand also has representation at the state level with a State Senator and two members of the Florida House of Representatives. At the federal level, DeLand is represented by one member in Congress. Issues affecting voters include economic development, crime prevention, education reform, environmental protection, and transportation improvements. The local political scene is also very active with several candidates running for office each year. These candidates come from various backgrounds including business owners, educators, activists and lawyers. The residents of DeLand are passionate about their city's future and take an active role in shaping it through their political participation.
The political climate in Zip 32724 (DeLand, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32724 (DeLand, FL) is somewhat conservative.
DeLand, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
DeLand, Florida: d d d 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 32724 (DeLand)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,392 contributions totaling $186,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 491 contributions totaling $135,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)