Milton, FL, is a city located in Santa Rosa County that has a vibrant political atmosphere. Citizens of Milton have the opportunity to participate in local politics through voting for representatives and attending city council meetings. The current mayor of Milton is Heather Lindsay who was elected in 2020 and has been an advocate for improvements to the city’s infrastructure, public safety, and other social services. In addition to Mayor Lindsay, the City Council consists of six other members from different districts within the city. Each year, several candidates will come forward to run for office on a variety of issues that are important to citizens of Milton such as economic development, education reform, and public safety. Through their efforts, citizens of Milton can make a difference by electing candidates who share their values and vision for the future.
The political climate in Zip 32570 (Milton, FL) is strongly conservative.
Santa Rosa County, FL is very conservative. In Santa Rosa County, FL 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Rosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.8%.
Santa Rosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32570 (Milton, FL) is strongly conservative.
Milton, Florida is strongly conservative.
Santa Rosa County, Florida is very conservative.
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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.
Milton, 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 32570 (Milton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $6,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $68,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)