Margate, FL is a city located in Broward County with a population of approximately 56,260 people. The city is governed by a Mayor and five City Commissioners and is considered a non-partisan form of government. Each person is elected to serve a 4 year term. The Margate City Commission meets on the second Tuesday of every month to conduct official business, discuss current issues and vote on any changes that are needed within the city. Additionally, the Commission works closely with other departments to ensure quality service to residents and businesses alike within Margate. They also interact with local politicians throughout the state when necessary for legislative needs or budgeting processes. The current Mayor is Arlene Schwartz and the City Commissioners are Glenna Milberg, David McLean, Lesa Peerman, Marlon Bolton, and Frank Talerico. It’s important for citizens of Margate to stay informed about their local politics as it can help shape decisions that will affect them now and in the future.
The political climate in Zip 33063 (Margate, FL) is moderately liberal.
Broward County, FL is strongly liberal. In Broward County, FL 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broward county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 34.7%.
Broward county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33063 (Margate, FL) is moderately liberal.
Margate, Florida is moderately liberal.
Broward County, Florida is strongly 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.
Margate, 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 33063 (Margate)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,009 contributions totaling $47,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $64,567 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)