Gulf Breeze, FL is a small city located in the northwestern corner of Florida. It has a rich history and is home to many businesses and residents. Politically, Gulf Breeze is a conservative area with its residents generally favoring Republican candidates. Its legislative representatives at the state and federal levels are all Republicans, including State Representative Frank White who was reelected in 2018 for his third term in office. The mayor of Gulf Breeze is Matt Dannheisser and on the local level, he is responsible for providing leadership on issues such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. The City Council members also serve two-year terms and are currently comprised of four Republicans and one Democrat who work together to create policies that benefit the community as a whole. Overall, politics in 32561 Gulf Breeze, FL are very much determined by the will of the people who elect their representatives to represent them on local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 32561 (Gulf Breeze, FL) is strongly conservative.
Santa Rosa County, FL is very conservative. In Santa Rosa County, FL 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Rosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.8%.
Santa Rosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32561 (Gulf Breeze, FL) is strongly conservative.
Gulf Breeze, Florida is strongly conservative.
Santa Rosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metro Area is strongly 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.
Gulf Breeze, 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 32561 (Gulf Breeze)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 921 contributions totaling $137,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $297,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)