The city of Brooksville, FL, in zip code 34602, is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Robert Battista and the five members of the city council are Joe Bernardini, Betty Erhard, Lea Johnson, Emory Pierce and Lewis Robinson. These elected officials are responsible for governing the city and making important decisions about its future. Issues that have been debated among the officials include restoring historic buildings, revitalizing downtown development, providing public transportation and bringing more businesses to the area to create jobs. In recent years, citizens have become increasingly involved in local politics as they have seen how their participation can help shape the future of Brooksville. Through volunteer programs, community initiatives and voter turnout campaigns, residents have come together to ensure that their voices are heard at City Hall.
The political climate in Zip 34602 (Brooksville, FL) is strongly 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 34602 (Brooksville, FL) is strongly conservative.
Brooksville, Florida is strongly 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 34602 (Brooksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $4,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $12,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)