The city of Bradenton, FL is located in Manatee County and has a population of nearly 54,000 people. Politically, the city is run by a mayor and five commissioners who are elected on separate ballots for four-year terms. Recently, the city has seen a number of new initiatives in order to help improve the quality of life for residents. These initiatives include improving public safety, investing in infrastructure, and promoting economic growth. The current mayor is Wayne Poston Jr., who was first elected to office in 2017 and reelected again in 2021. Commissioner candidates vary from election year to election year but typically focus on creating jobs, improving public services, increasing transparency and accountability among government officials, and promoting conservation efforts. In addition to electing local political candidates for various offices, Bradenton residents also have an opportunity to participate in national elections as well.
The political climate in Zip 34211 (Bradenton, FL) is moderately 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 34211 (Bradenton, FL) is moderately conservative.
Bradenton, Florida is moderately 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 34211 (Bradenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 470 contributions totaling $26,349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 305 contributions totaling $49,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)