Bradenton, FL 34202 is located in Manatee County and is served by a local government led by a five-member Board of County Commissioners. Each commissioner is elected from a single-member district for a term of four years. The board establishes policy, sets the county budget, and acts as the legislative body of Manatee County. They are responsible for overseeing the county’s departments such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvement, land use and zoning regulations and other matters. Residents of Bradenton, FL 34202 may also vote on constitutional amendments referred to them by the Florida Legislature or through petitions presented to voters during an election cycle. By participating in this process they can directly influence their local government and its policies.
The political climate in Zip 34202 (Bradenton, FL) is somewhat 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 34202 (Bradenton, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Bradenton, Florida is somewhat 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.
Bradenton, 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 34202 (Bradenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,888 contributions totaling $443,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,353 contributions totaling $355,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)