Bristol, FL is located in Liberty County and has a small population of just under 2,000 people. The city operates under a commission-manager form of government with five elected commissioners who serve as the legislative body for the City. The Mayor and City Manager are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. Each year there are local elections held to decide who will fill the positions on the City Commission. In recent years, there have been two main political parties fighting for control of Bristol: Republicans and Democrats. Issues that have been discussed during recent elections include economic growth, police protection, public safety, and infrastructure development. Local candidates have offered their own solutions to these problems in hopes of gaining votes from the residents of Bristol.
The political climate in Zip 32321 (Bristol, FL) is strongly conservative.
Liberty County, FL is very conservative. In Liberty County, FL 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Liberty county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 19.5%.
Liberty county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32321 (Bristol, FL) is strongly conservative.
Bristol, Florida is strongly conservative.
Liberty County, Florida is very conservative.
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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.
Bristol, 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 32321 (Bristol)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $63 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $11,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)