Politics in the 34480 Ocala, FL area are largely influenced by local initiatives and county-level representatives. Ocala is part of Marion County, which has a population of approximately 350,000 people. The city itself has a population of nearly 60,000. At the state level, Ocala is represented by Senator Dennis Baxley and Representative Stan McClain in the Florida State Senate and House of Representatives respectively. On the county level, Ocala is served by Commissioner Kathy Bryant, who represents District 2, as well as Commission Chairwoman Carl Zalak III. Both represent Marion County on the State government level. Additionally, there are three representatives serving on the County Council that represent Ocala: Nancy Stacy (District 3), David Moore (District 4), and Heather Kallinger (District 5). Each of these representatives help to shape policy both at the local and county levels.
The political climate in Zip 34480 (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 34480 (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 34480 (Ocala)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 329 contributions totaling $59,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $173,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $443 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)