The town of Bell, FL is located in Gilchrist County and has a population of approximately 890 people. The city is run by a mayor-council form of government where the mayor and five city council members are elected to represent their constituents. Currently, Bob Miller serves as the Mayor of Bell, with four other councilmembers completing the City Council. Local elections are held every two years and open to all residents who meet the qualifications for candidacy. The City Council considers all issues affecting the citizens of Bell ranging from zoning regulations to public safety initiatives. Additionally, they collaborate with other local governments to ensure that Bell remains a safe and desirable place to live for its citizens. Furthermore, these officials work diligently to ensure that local taxes remain low while providing essential services such as water and sewage services, police protection, garbage pickup and more.
The political climate in Zip 32619 (Bell, FL) is very conservative.
Gilchrist County, FL is very conservative. In Gilchrist County, FL 17.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilchrist county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 17.5%.
Gilchrist county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32619 (Bell, FL) is very conservative.
Bell, Florida is very conservative.
Gilchrist County, Florida is very conservative.
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.
Bell, 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 32619 (Bell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $6,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $9,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)