The city of Ocala, FL in zip code 34476 is home to an active political scene. As the county seat of Marion County, Ocala has many local government bodies as well as national representatives that are elected to serve the residents of the area. At the local level, Ocala is represented by a mayor and four council members who make up the City Council and are in charge of making decisions for the day-to-day operations of the city. These five elected officials work together to create policy and pass ordinances which shape Ocala’s future. Furthermore, at the county level, Marion County has a five-member Board of County Commissioners that help implement state standards while also managing land use and development plans within their jurisdiction. Finally, on a national level, Florida’s 3rd Congressional District represents much of Marion County and includes Ocala. This congressional district is currently held by Representative Ted Yoho, who is running for reelection in November 2020.
The political climate in Zip 34476 (Ocala, FL) is moderately conservative.
Marion County, FL is strongly conservative. In Marion County, FL 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34476 (Ocala, FL) is moderately conservative.
Ocala, Florida is moderately conservative.
Marion County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Ocala Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ocala, 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 34476 (Ocala)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 542 contributions totaling $44,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 652 contributions totaling $86,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)