Malabar, located in Brevard County in the 32950 zip code, has a vibrant political landscape. The city is represented at the state and federal level by representatives from both major parties. At the state level, Malabar is served by Senator Gayle Harrell of District 25 and Representative Randy Fine of District 53. At the federal level, Malabar is served by senator Marco Rubio and congressman Bill Posey. Locally, Malabar is governed by a five-member Town Council consisting of Mayor George Lipscomb and four council members who are elected to two-year terms. The Town Council meets monthly to discuss issues related to public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, environmental protection, and quality of life initiatives. The town also hosts regular town hall meetings that provide a platform for citizens to engage with their local government representatives and discuss issues that are important to them. As such, residents of Malabar have plenty of opportunities to get involved in local politics and have their voices heard on matters that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 32950 (Malabar, FL) is moderately conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32950 (Malabar, FL) is moderately conservative.
Malabar, Florida is moderately conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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.
Malabar, 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 32950 (Malabar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $26,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $16,134 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)