Rockledge, FL is located in Brevard County and has a population of 24,621 according to 2019 census data. The city operates with a council-manager form of government, in which a five-member city council sets policy and the City Manager is responsible for implementing it. They are elected for four-year terms on a non-partisan basis. The current mayor is Gordon D. Helsel Jr., and other members of the City Council include Christopher Nastav, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Tom Price and Richard Adams. Rockledge is part of the 26th district of the Florida Senate and is represented by Senator Debbie Mayfield. In the US House of Representatives, Rockledge falls under District 8 and is represented by Congressman Bill Posey. Locally, residents can get involved in politics through their local political parties like The Brevard Republican Executive Committee or The Brevard Democratic Executive Committee, or through various volunteer organizations working to make their community better.
The political climate in Zip 32955 (Rockledge, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32955 (Rockledge, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Rockledge, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Rockledge, 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 32955 (Rockledge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,944 contributions totaling $131,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 867 contributions totaling $179,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)