The city of Fort Pierce, FL has a population of over 45,000 people and is the county seat of St. Lucie County. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six commissioners who are responsible for enacting local laws and regulations. The current mayor is Linda Hudson, who was elected in 2018. Other local political candidates have included City Commissioner Tom Perona, County Commission Chairwoman Cathy Townsend, and State Representative Lolita Ramos-Fernandez. Fort Pierce residents take an active interest in local politics and regularly vote in elections to ensure the best representation for their community. Local initiatives such as improving public transportation and decreasing poverty have been top priorities for many Fort Pierce citizens in recent years.
The political climate in Zip 34949 (Fort Pierce, FL) is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative. In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34949 (Fort Pierce, FL) is leaning conservative.
Fort Pierce, Florida is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Fort Pierce, Florida: d d D d 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 34949 (Fort Pierce)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,337 contributions totaling $76,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 391 contributions totaling $82,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)