Archer, FL is located in Alachua County and is part of the 26th House District which is represented by Clovis Watson Jr. in the Florida State Legislature. Local politics in Archer are focused on issues such as education, healthcare, public safety and economic development. The town has an active Town Commission and residents take part in local elections to select their leaders. In addition to the Town Commission, Archer also has a Mayor who works with the Commissioners to make decisions for the town. Residents are very engaged in local politics and participate actively in discussions that involve these topics.
The political climate in Zip 32618 (Archer, FL) is somewhat 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 32618 (Archer, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Archer, Florida is somewhat 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.
Archer, 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 32618 (Archer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $22,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $35,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $555 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)