Tallahassee, FL is the capital city of Florida and is located in Leon County. It is also home to the 32301 zip code which encompasses the downtown area. The political landscape of Tallahassee is largely controlled by the Democratic Party, with both United States Senators from Florida being Democrats and the majority of local government representatives affiliated with the party. Furthermore, several major local figures have roots in the Democratic Party, such as former mayor John Marks and current Mayor Andrew Gillum. On a local level, Tallahassee has several county commissioners who make decisions on issues such as taxation and infrastructure development. For those looking to get involved in politics in 32301 Tallahassee, there are numerous organizations dedicated to providing resources for citizens around voting rights and civic engagement initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 32301 (Tallahassee, FL) is strongly liberal.
Leon County, FL is strongly liberal. In Leon County, FL 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leon county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 35.1%.
Leon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32301 (Tallahassee, FL) is strongly liberal.
Tallahassee, Florida is strongly liberal.
Leon County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Tallahassee 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.
Tallahassee, 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 32301 (Tallahassee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,248 contributions totaling $805,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $818,673 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)