Saint Cloud, FL is located in Osceola County and is an important part of the Central Florida region. In terms of politics, the city is represented by State Senator Joe Gruters in the Florida Senate as well as Representative Mike La Rosa in the Florida House, both of whom are Republicans. Additionally, Saint Cloud residents also vote for members of the Osceola Board of County Commissioners. These county commissioners help oversee local issues such as zoning regulations, economic development initiatives and transportation projects. The current mayor of Saint Cloud is Nathan Blackwell, who was elected in 2019 and previously served as a City Council member for six years prior to that. Overall, Saint Cloud has a strong political presence at both the state and local level.
The political climate in Zip 34773 (Saint Cloud, FL) is leaning liberal.
Osceola County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Osceola County, FL 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 42.5%.
Osceola county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34773 (Saint Cloud, FL) is leaning liberal.
Saint Cloud, Florida is leaning liberal.
Osceola County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Saint Cloud, Florida: d r D D D D
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 34773 (Saint Cloud)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $3,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)