Fort Lauderdale, FL is located in the 33316 zip code and is part of Broward County. It has a vibrant local political scene that includes both the city and county governments. The city council is comprised of eight members, including the Mayor, who are elected to two-year terms by local registered voters and are involved in setting policy for the city. The Broward County Commission is also composed of nine members who oversee county-wide matters such as public policy, zoning, education and public safety. In addition to these representatives, local residents elect an array of other officials from state legislators to Congress members. These individuals are responsible for overseeing issues ranging from transportation infrastructure to health care reform at both the state and federal level.
The political climate in Zip 33316 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) is moderately 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 33316 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) is moderately liberal.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida is moderately 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 33316 (Fort Lauderdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,696 contributions totaling $597,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,573 contributions totaling $1,107,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $704 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)