The city of 34288 North Port, FL is located in Sarasota County and is a part of the rapidly growing Southwest Florida region. It is a vibrant and diverse community, made up of people from many different backgrounds and cultures. The local politics in North Port focus on improving the quality of life for all residents by promoting economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental conservation. The City Council is comprised of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. They are responsible for setting policy for the city, passing laws and ordinances to meet the needs of its citizens, and also appointing members to various boards and commissions that work to improve the city's quality of life. Each year the City Council holds a budget workshop where citizens can provide input on how their tax dollars should be spent. There are also several candidates running for office each year who represent different areas of interest including economic development, healthcare reform, education funding, and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 34288 (North Port, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34288 (North Port, FL) is somewhat conservative.
North Port, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton 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.
North Port, 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 34288 (North Port)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 238 contributions totaling $4,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $16,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)