The politics in Pensacola, FL (zip code 32509) are heavily influenced by the local government of Escambia County. The county is overseen by a five-member commission which is responsible for the management and oversight of county affairs. The current board is comprised of two Republicans and three Democrats, with the Chair being a Republican. On the state level, both U.S. Senators from Florida, Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R), as well as U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R), represent Pensacola in Washington D.C., while all seven state representatives from District 2 consist of Republicans. Furthermore, there are two local mayors that oversee Pensacola city government: Grover Robinson IV (R) and David Mayo (D). Issues facing the area include coastal flooding due to climate change, improving public education standards, infrastructure development, and developing more job opportunities for citizens of Pensacola.
The political climate in Zip 32509 (Pensacola, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Escambia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Escambia County, FL 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Escambia county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.5%.
Escambia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32509 (Pensacola, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Pensacola, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Escambia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pensacola, 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 32509 (Pensacola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)