Clermont, FL is an area located in the heart of Lake County. This suburban city is known for its small-town charm and close-knit communities. In terms of politics, Clermont is part of Florida's 10th Congressional District and is represented by Val Demings in the US House of Representatives. On a state level, Clermont is part of Florida's 39th Senate District which is currently represented by Kelli Stargel as well as the 44th House District represented by Mike La Rosa. Locally, Clermont falls within Lake County Commission District 1 which consists of parts of Groveland City and Minneola City as well as parts of Clermont itself. The current Commissioner for this district is Leslie Campione who has held this role since 2014.
The political climate in Zip 34711 (Clermont, FL) is moderately conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34711 (Clermont, FL) is moderately conservative.
Clermont, Florida is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Clermont, 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 34711 (Clermont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,055 contributions totaling $137,701 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 584 contributions totaling $122,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)