Silver Springs, FL is a small community of about 10,000 people located in the heart of Marion County. As such, it has its own local politics and government. The town is served by various county-wide offices such as the county commissioner, sheriff, public defender, and other departments. At the same time, Silver Springs also has a mayor and a city council that are responsible for carrying out their citizens’ wishes. In order to make sure their voices are heard, residents can register to vote with the Marion County Supervisor of Elections Office. By doing so they can make their views count when electing local officials and voting on important issues affecting their day-to-day lives. Additionally, Silver Springs residents can stay informed on local politics through outlets like newspapers or television news broadcasts to help them understand what is going on in their community and how it may affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 34488 (Silver Springs, 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 34488 (Silver Springs, FL) is moderately conservative.
Silver Springs, 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.
Silver Springs, 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 34488 (Silver Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $5,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $3,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)