Okahumpka, FL is a small town located in Lake County with a population of around 1,500 people. The politics of the town are driven by its local government and residents. The Mayor of Okahumpka is currently Kenneth Roberson, who was elected to the position in 2018 after previously serving as a Commissioner from 2012-2018. The current City Council Members are Vice Mayor Katherine Brown, Commissioners Marcus Jelks and Cynthia Bundren, and Town Clerk Nora Wallace. Every two years the residents have the opportunity to elect their local representatives for City Council and vote on any amendments or referendums that may be on the ballot. While Okahumpka is not considered to be a highly contested area when it comes to national politics, there is still an active discussion amongst its citizens about the issues affecting them locally.
The political climate in Zip 34762 (Okahumpka, FL) is moderately conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34762 (Okahumpka, FL) is moderately conservative.
Okahumpka, Florida is moderately conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Okahumpka, 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 34762 (Okahumpka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $6,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)