The city of Frostproof, FL is a small town situated in Polk County. It has a population of approximately 3,500 people and is known for its rural beauty and close-knit community. Politically, Frostproof leans heavily towards the Republican party. In the last election, Republicans swept all local offices with no Democratic opposition. The current mayor is Rodney Cannon who was re-elected for his second term in 2020. Additionally, there are three city commissioners that make up the City Council representing Ward One, Ward Two, and Ward Three. With such a small population, politics in 33843 Frostproof are rather straightforward and many decisions are made by consensus between city officials and citizens alike.
The political climate in Zip 33843 (Frostproof, 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 33843 (Frostproof, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Frostproof, 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.
Frostproof, 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 33843 (Frostproof)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $3,633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $168,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $710 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)