Fort Walton Beach, FL (32548) is a city located in Okaloosa County. It is an active political area with many candidates running for local office. In the upcoming election, voters will decide on who will be their mayor, as well as council members and other local officials. Local issues such as education, public safety, transportation, and economic development are all being discussed by the candidates. All of these topics are important to ensuring Fort Walton Beach remains a great place to live, work and play. The election process also gives citizens the opportunity to become involved in their government and have their voices heard. With so many candidates vying for the same posts this year, it promises to be a busy and exciting campaign season in Fort Walton Beach!
The political climate in Zip 32548 (Fort Walton Beach, FL) is strongly conservative.
Okaloosa County, FL is very conservative. In Okaloosa County, FL 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okaloosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.3%.
Okaloosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32548 (Fort Walton Beach, FL) is strongly conservative.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida is strongly conservative.
Okaloosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area is very 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 Walton 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 32548 (Fort Walton Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 205 contributions totaling $15,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $226,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $706 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)