Located in Flagler County in the state of Florida, Palm Coast (zip code 32137) is a small city within a larger metropolitan area. The local politics of the Palm Coast community are presided over by an elected mayor and five council members. The mayor and council together work to govern the city, with the mayor as the head of the administration. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, economic development and other local initiatives are handled through legislation proposed by the council and approved by the mayor. The Mayor also serves as an advocate for citizen’s interests and partakes in many civic activities across the community. All local political candidates are required to be registered voters residing within Palm Coast's boundaries. Elections are held on even-numbered years with terms lasting two years for each elected official position.
The political climate in Zip 32137 (Palm Coast, FL) is moderately conservative.
Flagler County, FL is moderately conservative. In Flagler County, FL 39.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Flagler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 39.2%.
Flagler county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32137 (Palm Coast, FL) is moderately conservative.
Palm Coast, Florida is moderately conservative.
Flagler County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach Metro Area is somewhat 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 Coast, Florida: d r d 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 32137 (Palm Coast)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,144 contributions totaling $191,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,120 contributions totaling $289,374 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)