The politics of 33966 Fort Myers, FL are dominated by the Republican Party. Issues such as lower taxes, immigration, and healthcare reform have been at the top of the agenda for local politicians. Most recently, there has been a large push to expand gun rights in 33966 Fort Myers, FL. The state legislature has passed several bills expanding gun rights in recent years. There is also ongoing debate over education reforms and spending on infrastructure projects. Local politicians have focused their efforts on providing tax relief to businesses as well as addressing crime rates in 33966 Fort Myers, FL. Additionally, many of the local candidates strongly support protecting natural resources and preserving open spaces throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 33966 (Fort Myers, FL) is somewhat 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 33966 (Fort Myers, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Fort Myers, Florida is somewhat 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 33966 (Fort Myers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 642 contributions totaling $25,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $166,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)