The small city of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, FL is home to a vibrant political landscape. With its population of 8,078 as of the 2019 census, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is an ideal example of how even a smaller community can have active civic engagement. In local politics, residents have the opportunity to get involved in their city government through the Mayor and City Council. Currently serving on the City Council are four members: Lori Bradner, John Jopling Jr., Kenneth Rynn Smith and James Safford. The Mayor is Arnold Abbott who serves as an advocate for policies that promote the well-being and quality of life for all citizens of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace. With their diverse backgrounds and different perspectives, these leaders help shape the future of this small but mighty city.
The political climate in Zip 32073 (Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, FL) is strongly conservative.
Clay County, FL is very conservative. In Clay County, FL 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32073 (Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, FL) is strongly conservative.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Florida is strongly conservative.
Clay County, Florida is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, 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 32073 (Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 932 contributions totaling $43,305 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 763 contributions totaling $196,189 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)