Gainesville, Florida is a vibrant city located in Alachua County. It is home to over 132,000 people and is the county seat of Alachua County. Gainesville has a strong local government with many different levels of representation, including the Mayor and City Council, School Board of Alachua County, and the Alachua County Commission. In addition to these local elected officials, residents can also have their voices heard by electing representatives to the Florida Senate and House of Representatives as well as the United States Congress. The current Mayor of Gainesville is Lauren Poe who was first elected in 2015 and has since taken office for her second term. Residents can also get involved in politics by attending public meetings held by each branch of government or through initiatives such as voting in elections or taking part in community action events.
The political climate in Zip 32606 (Gainesville, FL) is moderately liberal.
Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal. In Alachua County, FL 62.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alachua county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.7% to 35.6%.
Alachua county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32606 (Gainesville, FL) is moderately liberal.
Gainesville, Florida is moderately liberal.
Alachua County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Gainesville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Gainesville, 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 32606 (Gainesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,062 contributions totaling $161,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 391 contributions totaling $136,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)