Gainesville, FL is the home of the University of Florida, and therefore has a very involved political climate. The city government works hard to ensure that citizens have access to quality services and that their voices are heard. As part of this effort, local elections are held every two years for mayor and members of the City Commission. Gainesville is also home to several state legislators who serve in the Florida Legislature and advocate for their constituents at the state level. Additionally, many residents actively participate in volunteering with local campaigns and party organizations. All these efforts combined create a vibrant political environment in 32607 Gainesville, FL that ensures everyone can make their voice heard on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 32607 (Gainesville, FL) is moderately 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 32607 (Gainesville, FL) is moderately liberal.
Gainesville, Florida is moderately 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 32607 (Gainesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,918 contributions totaling $236,316 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 395 contributions totaling $187,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)