The city of Palm Bay, FL, 32909 is a beautiful coastal community with many attractions and amenities. The population of Palm Bay is estimated to be 108,318 as of 2019, making it the second largest city in Brevard County. The local government is run by an elected Mayor and six City Council Members who are elected every two years by residents living in six districts within the city. There are a number of issues that the governing body addresses such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure and quality of life. They also have their own police department which is dedicated to protecting the citizens of Palm Bay. Over the years, there has been strong support for local candidates who share similar goals and visions for the city's future, including maintaining its reputation as one of Florida's most desirable places to live or visit.
The political climate in Zip 32909 (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 32909 (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 32909 (Palm Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 480 contributions totaling $18,444 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $17,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)