The city of 32701 Altamonte Springs, FL is located in Seminole County and offers its citizens a vibrant political landscape. The county is represented by Republican State Representatives Jason Brodeur, Anthony Sabatini, and Scott Plakon in the Florida House of Representatives. In the Senate, Altamonte Springs is represented by Republican David Simmons. At the county level, Seminole County is governed by five Commissioners, all of whom are Republicans. These officials make decisions on a variety of issues affecting local residents, including things like transportation infrastructure and public safety investments. In addition to those elected officials, the city also has nonpartisan elected offices such as City Council members and school board members. These positions are open to anyone who meets the qualifications to run for office and can provide a great opportunity for residents to get involved with local politics.
The political climate in Zip 32701 (Altamonte Springs, FL) is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, FL is leaning liberal. In Seminole County, FL 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seminole county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Seminole county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32701 (Altamonte Springs, FL) is leaning liberal.
Altamonte Springs, Florida is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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.
Altamonte Springs, Florida: R R r r r 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 32701 (Altamonte Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 914 contributions totaling $45,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $38,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)