Cape Canaveral, located in Brevard County, FL 32920 is a small town with a population of just under 10,000 people. It is known for its vibrant tourism industry and proximity to the Kennedy Space Center. Politically, Cape Canaveral is part of Florida's 8th Congressional District and is represented by Republican Congresswoman Bill Posey. On the state level Cape Canaveral falls within Florida Senate District 16, which is currently represented by Republican Senator Debbie Mayfield. The town also falls within House District 51 and is represented by Republican Representative Thad Altman. Local elections are held every two years in November and determine who will serve as mayor and council members. All registered voters have an opportunity to contribute to the political process by voting in local elections or becoming involved in local parties or campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 32920 (Cape Canaveral, FL) is leaning conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32920 (Cape Canaveral, FL) is leaning conservative.
Cape Canaveral, Florida is leaning conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Cape Canaveral, 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 32920 (Cape Canaveral)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 429 contributions totaling $32,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $23,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)