Longwood, FL is a small city located in Seminole county with a population of approximately 14,000 people. The local political landscape is one that has been dominated by the Republican party, with registered Republicans outnumbering Democrats more than 2 to 1. Consequently, the majority of elected officials have traditionally been from the Republican party. In recent years however there has been an uptick in more liberal positions being taken on social issues such as LGBTQ rights and increased environmental protection. This shift has seen the current mayor of Longwood being a Democrat, which marks a major shift for the city’s politics. While much of the local politics in Longwood revolves around traditional conservative values such as cutting taxes and reducing government spending, there is an increasing amount of focus on progressive policies and ideas to improve quality of life for residents.
The political climate in Zip 32750 (Longwood, FL) is leaning conservative.
Seminole County, FL is leaning liberal. In Seminole County, FL 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seminole county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Seminole county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32750 (Longwood, FL) is leaning conservative.
Longwood, Florida is leaning conservative.
Seminole County, Florida is leaning 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.
Longwood, Florida: R R r r r 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 32750 (Longwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 713 contributions totaling $101,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $86,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)