Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 is a vibrant and diverse city located in Broward County. The city is home to a rich political landscape with numerous local politicians from across the political spectrum involved in the community. The current mayor of Fort Lauderdale is Dean Trantalis, who was elected in 2018. The City Commission is comprised of six members, including Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen, Commissioner Steve Glassman, Commissioner Robert McKinzie, Commissioner Heather Moraitis, Commissioner Romney Rogers and Commissioner Bruce Roberts. Each member holds a different view on how best to move the city forward and works closely with the mayor to ensure that the decisions made benefit all members of the community. They also work together to create policies that protect the rights of citizens while at the same time providing for economic growth and development. As a result of their combined efforts, Fort Lauderdale has been able to achieve significant progress in areas such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, education reforms and job creation programs.
The political climate in Zip 33304 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) is strongly liberal.
Broward County, FL is strongly liberal. In Broward County, FL 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Broward county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 34.7%.
Broward county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33304 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) is strongly liberal.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida is strongly liberal.
Broward County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 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.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: D D D D D D
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 33304 (Fort Lauderdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,133 contributions totaling $457,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 458 contributions totaling $317,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $692 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)