The city of Carrabelle, FL is located in Franklin County and has a population of about 2,800 people. Although the population is small, the politics of Carrabelle are quite active and are a source of great discussion among its citizens. The City Commission consists of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. The current commissioners include Mayor Melinda Gagne, Vice-Mayor Jim Brown, Commissioner Andrew Thomas, Commissioner Brian Avery Tate and Commissioner Tim Kellar. Each member brings a unique perspective to the city’s politics and works hard to ensure that the best interests of the citizens are taken into account in all decisions. In addition to city issues, state and federal elections also bring out local activists looking to make sure their chosen candidates get elected. Every election season is an exciting time for Carrabelle's political arena as citizens come together to discuss their views on important topics such as healthcare, taxes, education and much more.
The political climate in Zip 32322 (Carrabelle, FL) is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, FL is very conservative. In Franklin County, FL 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.9%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32322 (Carrabelle, FL) is strongly conservative.
Carrabelle, Florida is strongly conservative.
Franklin 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.
Carrabelle, 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 32322 (Carrabelle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $6,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)