Sanford, FL is a city located in Seminole County with a population of 54,000. It has an active political scene, with local representatives involved at every level of government from the county commission to the state legislature. The mayor and four city commissioners are elected by the citizens of Sanford to oversee municipal affairs. The citizens of Sanford can also participate in numerous special elections each year on ballot initiatives and referendums. These are important events that help shape the future of Sanford by allowing residents to express their opinions on a variety of topics. Additionally, Seminole County residents elect members to represent them at the state and federal level in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate as well as various other appointed offices such as State Attorney General and Secretary of State. Overall, Sanford offers its citizens many opportunities to participate in politics regardless if they are registered Republicans or Democrats.
The political climate in Zip 32771 (Sanford, FL) is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, FL is leaning liberal. In Seminole County, FL 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seminole county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 47.9%.
Seminole county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32771 (Sanford, FL) is leaning liberal.
Sanford, Florida is leaning liberal.
Seminole County, Florida is leaning 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.
Sanford, Florida: R R r r r 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 32771 (Sanford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,285 contributions totaling $144,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 560 contributions totaling $419,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $749 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)