The politics in 34953 Port St. Lucie, FL are among the most influential in the state of Florida. While there are no local political candidates specifically from this specific zip code, they are largely influenced by the state's major candidates. In terms of registered voters, Port St. Lucie is predominantly Republican with around 53% registered Republicans and 42% being registered Democrats according to statistics from 2017. Registered Independents make up 4% with minor parties making up a combined 1%. As far as recent notable elections go, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the area in 2020’s election by a narrow margin over Donald Trump. Despite that however, Republican senators Rubio and Scott have won statewide elections since 2018 without much trouble or competition. Overall, it’s safe to say that politics in 34953 Port St. Lucie, FL remain heavily partisan between both Democrats and Republicans alike.
The political climate in Zip 34953 (Port St. Lucie, FL) is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, FL is leaning conservative. In St. Lucie County, FL 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Lucie county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.8%.
St. Lucie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34953 (Port St. Lucie, FL) is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie, Florida is leaning conservative.
St. Lucie County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Port St. Lucie 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.
Port St. Lucie, Florida: d d D d 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 34953 (Port St. Lucie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,009 contributions totaling $40,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $33,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)