The 32401 zip code of Panama City, Florida is part of Bay County and located in the center of the county. This area has a proud political history with Bay County being a strong Republican stronghold since 1948. More recently, local elections have been marked by heated debates between Democrats and Republicans over issues such as taxation, education funding and environmental protection. The citizens here are involved in their political process and take active steps to ensure that their voices are heard. In state-wide elections, the residents of 32401 Panama City always turn out in force to cast their ballots for candidates who will make sure that their interests are represented at the local, state and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 32401 (Panama City, FL) is moderately conservative.
Bay County, FL is very conservative. In Bay County, FL 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.5%.
Bay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32401 (Panama City, FL) is moderately conservative.
Panama City, Florida is moderately conservative.
Bay County, Florida is very conservative.
Panama City Metro Area is very 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.
Panama City, 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 32401 (Panama City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 743 contributions totaling $68,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 598 contributions totaling $405,693 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $678 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)