The politics in 32908 Palm Bay, FL are diverse and ever changing. Palm Bay is part of Brevard county, which leans moderately Republican in Presidential elections. In the recent 2020 election cycle, President Donald Trump won Brevard county with 54% of the vote. The most recent local elections showed that the Palm Bay City Council is composed of three Republicans and two Democrats, each representing different parts of the city. Local residents have many opportunities to participate in politics by attending city council meetings, volunteering for campaigns, or running for office themselves. Palm Bay has a wide range of political opinions represented in its population, making it a vibrant and exciting place to engage in politics.
The political climate in Zip 32908 (Palm Bay, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32908 (Palm Bay, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Palm Bay, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Palm Bay, 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 32908 (Palm Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $4,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $3,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)