Reddick, FL is a small town located in Marion County, and is part of the greater Ocala metropolitan area. While its population remains relatively low with no more than 1,400 people, the town still has an active political presence. There are three local elected officials that serve the citizens of Reddick; they include a mayor, a vice-mayor, and three town council members. The current mayor is Gail Ardley and the vice-mayor is Amanda Dyer. All three town council members are currently up for re-election this year: Charles Brownell, Gina Gray, and Jody Smith. Each official serves a two year term in their respective roles and brings unique perspectives to the governing process for Reddick. They work together to develop policies that benefit the citizens and better manage the resources of the community.
The political climate in Zip 32686 (Reddick, FL) is moderately conservative.
Marion County, FL is strongly conservative. In Marion County, FL 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32686 (Reddick, FL) is moderately conservative.
Reddick, Florida is moderately conservative.
Marion County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Ocala 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.
Reddick, 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 32686 (Reddick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $33,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $404 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)