Bonita Springs, FL is a small city located in Lee County that is known for its vibrant and diverse culture. The city has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor representing the city at large and four council members from geographic districts. The current mayor is Peter Simmons, who was elected in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2021. The current councilmembers are Janet Martin, Bobbie Oakes, David Lucarelli, and Nick Batos. Together they work to represent the best interests of the citizens of Bonita Springs by making sure that quality services are provided to them and that local issues are addressed. They also work towards improving infrastructure, creating jobs for residents, encouraging economic growth, and improving public safety measures. In addition to this local representation, Bonita Springs also elects representatives to the state legislature as well as Congress who help to shape policy on a larger scale.
The political climate in Zip 34135 (Bonita Springs, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34135 (Bonita Springs, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Bonita Springs, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Bonita Springs, 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 34135 (Bonita Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,832 contributions totaling $250,457 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,322 contributions totaling $316,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)