Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931 is a small beach town located in Lee County, along the Gulf of Mexico. It is governed by a five-member Town Council that is elected in non-partisan elections. The Mayor of Fort Myers Beach presides over the meetings of the Town Council, and provides day-to-day oversight of the local government. Issues facing Fort Myers Beach include coastal erosion, traffic congestion on the beachfront and around Matanzas Pass Bridge, and maintaining water quality standards for recreational activities. Residents are also concerned about maintaining a stable business district to accommodate tourism while preserving the overall character of their unique community. In order to address these issues, citizens participate actively in voting for local candidates based on their positions on such topics as public safety, environmental protection, tourism promotion and economic development. With its close knit community and beautiful beaches, Fort Myers Beach strives to be a great place to live for both current residents as well as visitors from around the world.
The political climate in Zip 33931 (Fort Myers Beach, 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 33931 (Fort Myers Beach, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Fort Myers Beach, 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 Beach, 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 33931 (Fort Myers Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 412 contributions totaling $24,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $80,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)