Jacksonville, FL 32206 is home to over 100,000 people and is located in the northeastern corner of Florida. Politically, it is part of Duval County which has both Democratic and Republican representatives in its local government. The mayor of Jacksonville is Lenny Curry, who was elected in 2015 as a Republican representative. The city council consists of nineteen council members representing each district within Jacksonville. Issues such as transportation, healthcare, education, and economic development are brought up by both parties for discussion at the city council level. Aside from the mayoral elections held every four years, there are other local elections that take place annually or bi-annually where residents can vote for their representatives for various positions on the local level. These positions include state legislative representatives, county commissioners, school board members, and judges. All these roles help shape the direction of Jacksonville’s politics and overall development going forward.
The political climate in Zip 32206 (Jacksonville, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Duval County, FL is leaning liberal. In Duval County, FL 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duval county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 47.3%.
Duval county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32206 (Jacksonville, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Jacksonville, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Duval County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Jacksonville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Jacksonville, Florida: R R r r r 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 32206 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $39,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $25,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $852 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)