The 34731 Fruitland Park, FL area is governed by local political representatives who are elected from the city's population. Every two years, local citizens vote in a new mayor, as well as four other council members to represent their interests in the community. These elected officials work together to ensure that the citizens of Fruitland Park have access to essential services such as public safety, infrastructure projects and quality education options. In addition to these basic services, they are also responsible for enacting policies that protect the rights of all citizens and promote economic growth throughout the city. They strive to create an environment which facilitates equitable and affordable housing options for its residents and works with local businesses to provide job opportunities. By doing this, these leaders hope to maintain a safe and vibrant community for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 34731 (Fruitland Park, FL) is moderately conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34731 (Fruitland Park, FL) is moderately conservative.
Fruitland Park, Florida is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Fruitland Park, 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 34731 (Fruitland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $2,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $54,832 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)