North Port, FL 34291 is located in Sarasota County and has a population of 59,357 as of the 2020 census. The local political scene is governed by the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners. The current commissioners are Nancy Detert, Christian Ziegler, Mike Moran, Alan Maio and Charles Hines. North Port's government is comprised of a city council that consists of five members who each serve two year terms. The mayor is elected directly by the people and holds a four year term. Current issues affecting the political landscape in North Port include water quality, transportation infrastructure, economic development and public safety. There are several local candidates running for office in this area at both the county and city level who are actively campaigning on these topics.
The political climate in Zip 34291 (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 34291 (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 34291 (North Port)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $3,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $4,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)