Politics in 33916 Fort Myers, FL is an important part of the local community. The city is represented at both the state and federal level by a variety of elected officials. At the state level, Fort Myers is represented by several different legislators including Representatives Dane Eagle and Ray Rodrigues, and Senator Kathleen Passidomo. At the federal level, Fort Myers is represented in Congress by Francis Rooney of Florida’s 19th district. Fort Myers also has several elected leaders at the local level who are responsible for managing the city’s day-to-day operations. These local officials include Mayor Randy Henderson and City Council members Forrest Banks, Tom Leonardo, Johnny Streets, and Gaile Anthony–each representing a different district throughout the city. The people of 33916 Fort Myers have a unique opportunity to be involved in their local government through voting in elections held every two years for both state and federal officeholders.
The political climate in Zip 33916 (Fort Myers, FL) is leaning conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33916 (Fort Myers, FL) is leaning conservative.
Fort Myers, Florida is leaning conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately 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 Myers, 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 33916 (Fort Myers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $26,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $6,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)