The politics in Jacksonville, Florida, 32246 are largely influenced by the Democratic Party. The city is represented in the US House of Representatives by 4 main lawmakers: Al Lawson for the 5th District, Ted Yoho for the 3rd District, John Rutherford for the 4th District and Michael Waltz for the 6th District. All four representatives are members of the Republican Party. Local elections in 32246 are held every four years on a nonpartisan basis, with voters selecting one mayor and five city council members from their district to represent them. The mayor and council members serve a four-year term and oversee local government operations within their district. Voters also have the opportunity to vote on local referendum issues such as taxes, public improvements and other matters of concern to residents of 32246.
The political climate in Zip 32246 (Jacksonville, FL) is leaning 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 32246 (Jacksonville, FL) is leaning liberal.
Jacksonville, Florida is leaning 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 32246 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 979 contributions totaling $58,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $64,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)