The city of Lake Butler, FL is located in Union County and is home to a small population of about 1500 people. The local government consists of a Mayor, four City Commissioners and one City Manager. They are responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the city. Local politics in Lake Butler revolves around issues such as economic growth and development, improving the quality of life for its citizens, public safety and infrastructure projects. There are no current candidates running for any local office in this region. In the past elections, however, residents have had the opportunity to select from a variety of candidates with different political ideologies. Residents can stay informed by attending city commission meetings or visiting their website for upcoming events and information related to local politics in Lake Butler.
The political climate in Zip 32054 (Lake Butler, FL) is strongly conservative.
Union County, FL is very conservative. In Union County, FL 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32054 (Lake Butler, FL) is strongly conservative.
Lake Butler, Florida is strongly conservative.
Union County, Florida is very conservative.
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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.
Lake Butler, 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 32054 (Lake Butler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $2,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $58,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $665 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)