Fort Pierce, FL, located in zip code 34945, is a large city situated right on the coast of Florida. It is home to many residents and has a vibrant culture marked by its diverse population of people from all walks of life. Politically, Fort Pierce is represented in the Florida’s 21st congressional district and is served by Republican Congressman Brian Mast. The city's mayor is Linda Hudson and the City Commission members are Jeremiah Johnson, Reggie Sessions, Rufus Alexander and Tom Perona who work together to make decisions that benefit the citizens of Fort Pierce. The City Clerk is Lillian Smith and City Manager Nick Mimms runs day-to-day operations for the City. As such, Fort Pierce offers citizens an array of options when it comes to local politics and candidates seeking elected office in order to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 34945 (Fort Pierce, FL) is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative. In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34945 (Fort Pierce, FL) is leaning conservative.
Fort Pierce, Florida is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie 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.
Fort Pierce, Florida: d d D d 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 34945 (Fort Pierce)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $13,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $16,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)