The city of Brooksville, FL, located in zip code 34601, is a small city with a population of approximately 8,000 people. It is governed by the Mayor and five City Council members who are elected by the citizens of Brooksville. The local political scene is quite active with many candidates running for office each year. In addition to the Mayor and Council positions, there are also several special-interest groups that focus on specific issues facing Brooksville residents such as public safety, economic development, and education. Candidates for these offices must be highly knowledgeable on all aspects of local governance in order to earn the support of the community. With its passionate citizens and enthusiastic candidates, Brooksville has an engaged and active political climate that ensures its residents have a say in their government's direction.
The political climate in Zip 34601 (Brooksville, FL) is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, FL is strongly conservative. In Hernando County, FL 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hernando county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 34.4%.
Hernando county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34601 (Brooksville, FL) is moderately conservative.
Brooksville, Florida is moderately conservative.
Hernando County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Brooksville, Florida: d 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 34601 (Brooksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 282 contributions totaling $23,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $46,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)