The city of Minneola, FL, located in Lake County, is a vibrant and diverse community. The importance of politics in the town of Minneola is evident with the City Commission leading the local government. A mayor, vice-mayor and three elected commissioners oversee the daily operations of the city and ensure its citizens have access to quality public services. These commissioners are all democratically elected by their constituents and serve staggered four-year terms. The current mayor is Chris Bellotti, the vice mayor is Richard Smith and the three commissioners are Julie Troppman, Doug Cassel and John Bacon Jr. The Minneola City Commission meets regularly to discuss issues important to their constituents such as taxation policies, budgeting decisions and infrastructure improvements. Furthermore, citizens are encouraged to become involved in politics by attending meetings or participating in local elections when they occur.
The political climate in Zip 34715 (Minneola, FL) is moderately conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34715 (Minneola, FL) is moderately conservative.
Minneola, Florida is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
Minneola, 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 34715 (Minneola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $4,953 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $18,355 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)