Lehigh Acres is located in Lee County, Florida, and is part of the Fort Myers metropolitan region. Politically, Lehigh Acres is a conservative-leaning area that generally votes for Republican candidates. In recent years, the area has seen heightened levels of political activism, with residents engaging in policy debates both online and in their local communities. The issues that are important to Lehigh Acres residents range from economic development and job growth to crime reduction and public safety. There have been numerous local elections in the area, with a strong focus on supporting local businesses and infrastructure initiatives. Political organizations such as the Lehigh Democratic Club are also active throughout the year, advocating for progressive ideals and policies in the community.
The political climate in Zip 33972 (Lehigh Acres, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33972 (Lehigh Acres, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lehigh Acres, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lehigh Acres, 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 33972 (Lehigh Acres)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $7,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $3,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)