The small city of Lake Helen, FL is located in Volusia County and has a population of around 2,250. Although the city is relatively small, it still has an active political scene. The city implements policies that are determined by a five-member City Commission. These commissioners are elected at large to four-year terms and serve as the governing body for the city. Recently, the commission voted on a number of new initiatives such as implementing new taxes and regulations to improve infrastructure and services in the area. Additionally, citizens of Lake Helen have recently been vocal about local issues such as traffic congestion and water quality. This vibrant political atmosphere provides citizens with many opportunities to get involved in their community and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 32744 (Lake Helen, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32744 (Lake Helen, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lake Helen, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
Lake Helen, Florida: d d d 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 32744 (Lake Helen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 262 contributions totaling $9,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)