Fort White, FL is a small town located in Alachua County in the state of Florida. The town has a population of 1,929 and is home to many local businesses and attractions. Despite its size, Fort White has an active political scene. Local elections bring out some passionate candidates who are eager to serve their community. In recent years there have been several contested races for seats on the town council, with passionate debates over issues such as infrastructure spending, economic development, education, public safety, and more. Residents of Fort White take their civic duty seriously when it comes to voting in these elections and are committed to making sure that their local government is doing what is best for the town overall.
The political climate in Zip 32038 (Fort White, FL) is very conservative.
Columbia County, FL is very conservative. In Columbia County, FL 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.9%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32038 (Fort White, FL) is very conservative.
Fort White, Florida is very conservative.
Columbia County, Florida is very conservative.
Lake City 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 White, 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 32038 (Fort White)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $16,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $4,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)