Bradenton, FL is an important political center in the state of Florida. Located in Manatee County, politics at the local level can be seen playing out in the city and county government offices. In 34210 Bradenton, local elections for mayor, city commission, county commissioner, sheriff, attorney general and other important offices are held every two years. Local candidates vary in their backgrounds and ideologies but all work to ensure that residents of Bradenton are represented fairly on the local level. In addition to voting for these local officials, citizens can get involved in shaping local policies by joining advocacy groups or engaging with their elected officials. No matter what your political views may be, 34210 Bradenton provides an opportunity for people to get involved and make a difference in their community.
The political climate in Zip 34210 (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 34210 (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 34210 (Bradenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,258 contributions totaling $80,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 407 contributions totaling $67,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)