Politics in 32346 Panacea, FL is an interesting mix of local and national representation. On the local level, the city is represented by a mayor and city council, who are elected to serve a four-year term. The mayor is the head of government and has the authority to hire and fire certain employees. The City Council is responsible for making laws on issues like public safety, infrastructure, education and taxation. On the national level, Panacea residents are represented by their chosen state representative and two senators in Congress. All three of these representatives are part of larger political parties that strive to create and implement policies that best serve Panacea's citizens both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 32346 (Panacea, FL) is strongly conservative.
Wakulla County, FL is very conservative. In Wakulla County, FL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wakulla county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 29.0%.
Wakulla county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32346 (Panacea, FL) is strongly conservative.
Panacea, Florida is strongly conservative.
Wakulla County, Florida is very conservative.
Tallahassee Metro Area is moderately 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.
Panacea, 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 32346 (Panacea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $6,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,863 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)