Tallahassee, Florida is the capital of the Sunshine State and is located in zip code 32308. It serves as home to both the state government and Florida State University. As such, politics plays a major role in the lives of local residents. Tallahassee is home to several important political figures, including Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio, who both serve as representatives for all Floridians. Tallahassee also contains many local candidates who are running for office each election year. From city council members to school board representatives, these candidates bring their own unique perspectives and ideas to the table when it comes to politics in 32308. With multiple levels of government represented here in Tallahassee, locals can expect plenty of political news and events taking place on a regular basis.
The political climate in Zip 32308 (Tallahassee, FL) is moderately liberal.
Leon County, FL is strongly liberal. In Leon County, FL 63.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leon county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.3% to 35.1%.
Leon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32308 (Tallahassee, FL) is moderately liberal.
Tallahassee, Florida is moderately liberal.
Leon County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Tallahassee Metro Area is moderately 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.
Tallahassee, Florida: D D 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 32308 (Tallahassee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,547 contributions totaling $522,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 760 contributions totaling $432,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $569 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)