The city of Crestview, FL (zip code 32536) is a small town in Florida’s panhandle with a population of around 22,000 people. The city has had a long history of local politics and citizens actively engaging in the community. The City Council oversees all municipal operations and is made up of five elected officials who each serve three-year terms. Citizens are able to have their opinions heard through regular public forums and voting during local elections. Community leaders also work closely with state legislators to ensure the interests of Crestview are represented in state government. Recently, Crestview has been working towards various economic development projects which aim to improve the local economy and create jobs for residents. Overall, politics plays an important role in ensuring that the needs of Crestview residents are met both on a local and state level.
The political climate in Zip 32536 (Crestview, FL) is strongly conservative.
Okaloosa County, FL is very conservative. In Okaloosa County, FL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okaloosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.3%.
Okaloosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32536 (Crestview, FL) is strongly conservative.
Crestview, Florida is strongly conservative.
Okaloosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area is very 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.
Crestview, 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 32536 (Crestview)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,170 contributions totaling $34,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $38,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)