Lake Butler, FL is a small town located in Union County in the state of Florida. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council government system. The current mayor is Robert Cone, who was elected in 2012 and re-elected for his third term in 2020. He is joined on the council by four members that were recently elected - Joann Wynn, Sherry Parrish, James Curliss and Steven Chastain. Together they help to oversee and manage the town's resources while striving to maintain a safe and prosperous community. Several local initiatives have been launched under their watch, such as increased access to educational opportunities for all residents, improved public safety measures, and efforts to make Lake Butler more business friendly. It is their hope that these efforts will help build a better future for everyone who lives in Lake Butler.
The political climate in Zip 34786 (Lake Butler, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, FL is moderately liberal. In Orange County, FL 60.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34786 (Lake Butler, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Lake Butler, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Orange County, Florida is moderately 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.
Lake Butler, Florida: d d 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 34786 (Lake Butler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,536 contributions totaling $1,117,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,607 contributions totaling $2,058,138 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)