The city of Monticello, FL (32344) has a rich political history. The city is governed by a mayor-council system and has five members of the City Council elected at large by the citizens of Monticello. Each council member serves a two year term and is elected for a maximum of three terms in office. The mayor is chosen from the group of council members and serves an additional two years. The local government representatives are dedicated to working with their community to improve the quality of life for all residents in Monticello. They work closely with local businesses, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and other entities to create initiatives that benefit the citizens and promote economic growth throughout the city. Local elections are held every two years on the first Tuesday in November. Citizens have the opportunity to get involved by voting in these elections or running as candidates for local offices.
The political climate in Zip 32344 (Monticello, FL) is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, FL is leaning conservative. In Jefferson County, FL 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained moderately Republican, 52.9% to 46.0%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32344 (Monticello, FL) is leaning conservative.
Monticello, Florida is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Tallahassee Metro Area is moderately 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.
Monticello, 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 32344 (Monticello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 649 contributions totaling $20,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $70,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)