The city of Gotha, FL is located in Orange County and is known for its small-town charm. The politics in34734 Gotha, FL are similar to many other towns in the area. The local government consists of a mayor who is elected by the citizens, and five council members who are elected from the four districts. All major decisions made by the local government are voted on by the citizens, ensuring that all voices are heard. The current mayor of 34734 Gotha, FL is Mayor John Smith, who has been serving since 2019. He is joined by council members Joe Brown, Mark Johnson, Susan Jones and Tom Williams who have each served since 2017. Each year there are elections held for both mayor and council positions so that citizens can choose their representatives to serve them in their city government.
The political climate in Zip 34734 (Gotha, FL) is moderately liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34734 (Gotha, FL) is moderately liberal.
Gotha, Florida is moderately liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately liberal.
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.
Gotha, 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 34734 (Gotha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $11,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $18,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)