Marathon, FL is a small city in the Florida Keys with a population of around 8,500. It is governed by a City Council made up of five members elected by citizens of Marathon. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are chosen from among the council members to serve two-year terms. The City Council works together to pass resolutions, provide policy direction, and make decisions on matters such as local land use, economic development initiatives, and public safety. Local political candidates in Marathon are focused on issues such as improving infrastructure, protecting marine resources, and making the community more attractive to businesses and tourists alike. The City Council works hard to ensure that all voices within Marathon are heard so that everyone can benefit from their collective efforts.
The political climate in Zip 33050 (Marathon, FL) is leaning conservative.
Monroe County, FL is leaning conservative. In Monroe County, FL 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.5%.
Monroe county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33050 (Marathon, FL) is leaning conservative.
Marathon, Florida is leaning conservative.
Monroe County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Key West Metro Area is leaning 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.
Marathon, Florida: d d d d 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 33050 (Marathon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,064 contributions totaling $80,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 371 contributions totaling $162,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)