The politics in 34207 Bayshore Gardens, FL are largely influenced by the state and national levels. The local political scene is made up of elected representatives from the district who advocate for the concerns of their constituents. As a part of Manatee County, this area has been represented in the Florida House of Representatives since 1979 and in the Senate since 1981. Currently its state representative is Will Robinson and its senator is Joe Gruters. The community also takes part in elections for offices on county, state, and federal levels including positions such as US Representative, Governor, Mayor, City Council Member, County Commissioner, School Board Member, Sheriff and others. Being a part of Manatee County also means that important initiatives like water conservation and environmental protection are top-of-mind issues for residents of 34207 Bayshore Gardens. Through their civic engagement with local politicians and policymakers voters are able to ensure that their voices are heard about these issues .
The political climate in Zip 34207 (Bayshore Gardens, FL) is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Manatee County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manatee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.5%.
Manatee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34207 (Bayshore Gardens, FL) is leaning conservative.
Bayshore Gardens, Florida is leaning conservative.
Manatee County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Bayshore Gardens, Florida: r R r R R R
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 34207 (Bayshore Gardens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 488 contributions totaling $51,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $39,706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)