32177 Palatka, FL is located in Putnam County and has a diverse political landscape. The city of Palatka is represented by Representative Bobby Payne in the Florida House of Representatives and Senator Travis Hutson in the Florida Senate. The Putnam County Board of Commissioners is composed of five seats held by Chairman Ronald Reagan, Vice-Chairman Gary Taylor, Secretary Melanie Thomas, Treasurer Johnnie Scott, and Commissioner Jimmy Conner. Additionally, Kevin Hill serves as the current mayor of Palatka. Local elections are held regularly and citizens are encouraged to get involved with their local representatives to ensure their voices are heard in matters that concern them.
The political climate in Zip 32177 (Palatka, FL) is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, FL is very conservative. In Putnam County, FL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 28.9%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32177 (Palatka, FL) is strongly conservative.
Palatka, Florida is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, Florida is very conservative.
Palatka Metro Area is very 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.
Palatka, 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 32177 (Palatka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $3,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $19,238 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)