Kissimmee, FL is a city located in Osceola County and is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. It has a population of 70,327 according to the 2019 US Census Estimate. Kissimmee is part of the 8th Congressional District and has representation by Rep. Bill Posey who was first elected in 2008. On the state level, Kissimmee is represented by State Senator David Simmons and State Representatives John Cortes and Mike La Rosa. Locally, Kissimmee City Mayor Jose Alvarez and five city commissioners make up the local government. In 2020, voters reelected incumbent mayor Jose Alvarez with 80% of the vote over challenger Bob Buckhorn Jr., a businessman from Tampa Bay who formerly served as mayor there from 2011- 2019. The 5 city commission members are Linda Goodwin, Sean Ebbets, Wanda Gruver Rothermel, Micah Loyd and George Romano Jr.. All five incumbents were reelected for another 4 year term in 2020 with overwhelming support from local residents. Those living in 34741 Kissimmee can be sure that their voices are being heard through their representatives at both federal, state and local levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 34741 (Kissimmee, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Osceola County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Osceola County, FL 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 42.5%.
Osceola county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34741 (Kissimmee, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Kissimmee, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Osceola County, Florida is somewhat 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.
Kissimmee, Florida: d r 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 34741 (Kissimmee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $22,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $38,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)