Sebring, FL, located in Highland County, is home to a diverse population of nearly 10,000 residents. The city has a long history of civic involvement and engagement with local politics. Sebring is served by two main political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. In recent years, both parties have been actively involved in municipal elections, debating key issues such as economic development and public safety. Over the years there have been several notable local candidates running for office including former mayor John Shoop for re-election in 2020 and newly elected mayor Sharon Schuler in 2021. Both candidates are committed to keeping Sebring a safe place to live and work with strong focus on providing good quality of life to its citizens. Local politics in Sebring remain an important part of the community with passionate debates occurring throughout each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 33876 (Sebring, FL) is strongly conservative.
Highlands County, FL is very conservative. In Highlands County, FL 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Highlands county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 32.4%.
Highlands county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33876 (Sebring, FL) is strongly conservative.
Sebring, Florida is strongly conservative.
Highlands County, Florida is very conservative.
Sebring-Avon Park Metro Area is very 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.
Sebring, 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 33876 (Sebring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $7,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $5,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)