Four Corners, FL is an unincorporated community located in Polk County. Despite being an unincorporated area, it still has a unique political system that shapes and governs the community. Politically, residents of Four Corners are represented by the Polk County Board of Commissioners on county-wide issues. At the state level, they are represented by United States Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Ross Spano for Florida's 15th Congressional District. The city also has a representative in the Florida House of Representatives which is currently Anna V. Eskamani.
In terms of local politics, Four Corners is under the purview of the Polk County Board of Commissioners which includes Commissioner Bill Braswell who represents District 2 where Four Corners is located. He works to ensure that residents have access to high quality services such as law enforcement, fire rescue and ambulance services as well as other public infrastructure projects like road construction and park maintenance. On a more intimate level, Four Corners also works together as a community to address issues affecting their daily lives through town hall meetings and other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 33896 (Four Corners, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33896 (Four Corners, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Four Corners, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven 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.
Four Corners, 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 33896 (Four Corners)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 269 contributions totaling $12,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $21,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)