The city of Miramar Beach, FL (32550) is part of Florida's 1st congressional district and is represented by Matt Gaetz in the US House of Representatives. The area is also served by Okaloosa County Commission District 4, which is currently held by Carolyn Ketchel. There are several state representatives from Miramar Beach as well, including Mel Ponder in the Florida House of Representatives and George Gainer in the Florida Senate. The area also supports a local government focused on improving the quality of life for its residents. Issues that are important to the citizens of Miramar Beach include economic development, environmental protection, public safety, transportation improvements, and educational opportunities. Local elected officials work hard to find solutions to these issues and strive to create a better community for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 32550 (Miramar Beach, FL) is strongly conservative.
Walton County, FL is very conservative. In Walton County, FL 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.6%.
Walton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32550 (Miramar Beach, FL) is strongly conservative.
Miramar Beach, Florida is strongly conservative.
Walton County, Florida is very conservative.
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin Metro Area is very 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.
Miramar Beach, 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 32550 (Miramar Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 323 contributions totaling $42,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 667 contributions totaling $345,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $518 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)