The city of North Port, FL is located in the southwest region of the state and is home to a population of roughly 62,000. It is a growing community with many opportunities for those looking to make a new start. In terms of politics, the city is part of Florida's 16th Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Vern Buchanan. At the state level, Senator Joe Gruters serves as representative for the 23rd State Senate district which includes North Port. The community also elects local representatives to their City Commission every two years on nonpartisan ballots. The commissioners are charged with managing the city's day-to-day operations including its budget, public services and infrastructure maintenance. Local participation in elections has been typically high due to the importance that voters place upon local issues affecting their everyday lives. As citizens continue to be engaged in the political process, North Port will remain an important contributor to Florida's overall political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 34289 (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 34289 (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 34289 (North Port)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $3,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,661 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)