The politics in 32168 New Smyrna Beach, FL are heavily influenced by the local government which is comprised of a City Manager and a City Commission. The Mayor and four Commissioners serve as the legislative body for the City of New Smyrna Beach. The City Manager provides administrative direction to all departments within the City. The City Commission is responsible for setting policies, approving budgets, and guiding the overall direction of city services, programs, and projects within their jurisdiction. Additionally, they are charged with appointing members to various boards and committees including the Planning Board, Parks & Recreation Board, Police Advisory Panel, Fire Pension Review Committee, Ethics Board and many more. There is also a variety of other political organizations such as local chapters of major parties that hold meetings and rallies in support of their candidates. However, population or name local political candidates should not be included in this description.
The political climate in Zip 32168 (New Smyrna Beach, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32168 (New Smyrna Beach, FL) is somewhat conservative.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida: d d d 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 32168 (New Smyrna Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 967 contributions totaling $69,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 569 contributions totaling $163,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)