Politics in 34482 Ocala, FL are closely linked with the county and state politics of Florida. The county is part of Marion County, and is represented at a county level by a variety of local politicians. At the state level, residents of 34482 Ocala, FL are represented by two senators in the Florida Senate and two members of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives. Issues that are important to residents range from education to health care to taxes to job growth, among many others. A combination of voting for candidates up and down the ballot as well as grassroots activism can help shape policies that affect 34482 Ocala, FL residents on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 34482 (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 34482 (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 34482 (Ocala)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,398 contributions totaling $58,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 382 contributions totaling $84,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)