Marco Island, FL is a vibrant and diverse community with an active political climate. Located in Southwest Florida, the city is home to over 17,000 people and covers an impressive 15 square miles of tropical paradise. Residents of Marco Island are passionate about their local politics and actively participate in debates, campaigns, and elections every year. The city is governed by a five-member City Council who are elected by the citizens of Marco Island. These elected officials set policy on issues that matter to residents such as taxation, infrastructure development, public safety, planning and zoning issues, healthcare initiatives and more. Residents often get involved in local political activities such as hosting informational events or attending town hall meetings to ensure their voices are heard. It is easy to see why so many people choose Marco Island as their home – it has a strong sense of community with great local governance and a vibrant political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 34145 (Marco Island, FL) is moderately conservative.
Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. In Collier County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 37.3%.
Collier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34145 (Marco Island, FL) is moderately conservative.
Marco Island, Florida is moderately conservative.
Collier County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Naples-Marco Island Metro Area is strongly 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.
Marco Island, 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 34145 (Marco Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,366 contributions totaling $809,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,676 contributions totaling $786,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)