Fort Pierce, FL is an important city in 34981, located on the east coast of central Florida. The area is governed by a mayor-council form of government and consists of five single-member districts. The current mayor is Linda Hudson and the council members are Reggie Jones, Jeremiah Johnson, Tom McCann, Debbie Harrigan, and Jerry Gillis. All five members are elected at-large for 4 year terms with elections occurring every two years. Currently the main political issues within Fort Pierce include environmental preservation and housing affordability. As mayor and city council members work together to create policies that will address these pressing issues they must also consider the needs of their constituents in making informed decisions that will benefit everyone living in Fort Pierce.
The political climate in Zip 34981 (Fort Pierce, FL) is leaning liberal.
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative. In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34981 (Fort Pierce, FL) is leaning liberal.
Fort Pierce, Florida is leaning liberal.
St. Lucie County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie Metro Area is somewhat 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 Pierce, Florida: d d D d 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 34981 (Fort Pierce)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $13,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $30,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $606 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)