Gainesville, FL 32603 is a city located in Alachua county and home to approximately 134,700 people. Politics in Gainesville are largely aligned with the Democratic Party, with most local elections being won by the Democratic candidates. Gainesville has a history of progressive politics, being among the first cities in the state to introduce living wage ordinances and environmental protections. Over recent years the city has also seen a growing presence of grassroots activism focused on protecting civil rights and social justice issues. Given it's location as home to one of Florida's largest universities (the University of Florida) and its vibrant culture scenes, politics in Gainesville have become increasingly diverse and engaging for all involved. With an increasing number of progressive policies being introduced into local government, it is clear that Gainesville is actively striving to make a positive impact within their community.
The political climate in Zip 32603 (Gainesville, FL) is strongly liberal.
Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal. In Alachua County, FL 62.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alachua county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.7% to 35.6%.
Alachua county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32603 (Gainesville, FL) is strongly liberal.
Gainesville, Florida is strongly liberal.
Alachua County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Gainesville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Gainesville, Florida: D D D D D D
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 32603 (Gainesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 680 contributions totaling $68,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $8,031 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $574 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)