Palm Beach Gardens, FL is a vibrant city located in Palm Beach County. It is a place of many opportunities, from business to education and more. Politically, the city functions under the direction of the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners. This board governs all aspects of life in the city, including taxes and zoning regulations. Local political candidates often represent areas within the county for offices on both state and federal levels. Elections are held regularly to select representatives who can fight on behalf of their constituents to best improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 33418 (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33418 (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 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.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida: D D D D D D
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 33418 (Palm Beach Gardens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,812 contributions totaling $2,833,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,267 contributions totaling $1,580,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $697 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)