The politics in Captiva, FL 33924 are heavily impacted by the local community and its citizens. Residents of this area have access to a number of resources such as voting, attending public meetings, and engaging with local representatives. The city council is responsible for setting policy, creating ordinances, and managing the daily operations of the local government. Additionally, there is a Mayor and three City Commissioners that are elected to serve four-year terms. Together they make decisions on issues related to public safety and development while being responsive to the needs of the citizens. Local issues often arise due to the island's small size and limited resources, but residents remain committed to ensuring that their voice is heard when it comes to making decisions about Captiva's future.
The political climate in Zip 33924 (Captiva, FL) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33924 (Captiva, FL) is moderately conservative.
Captiva, Florida is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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.
Captiva, 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 33924 (Captiva)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $33,981 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $186,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,827 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)