Tavares, FL is a small city in Lake County, Florida. It has a population of 13,722 people as of 2019 and is the county seat. Although its population size may be small, Tavares is an important political center in the area. City government is made up of a mayor and five city commissioners who are elected by local citizens to serve four-year terms. In addition to local politics, Tavares is also part of the larger political landscape in Lake County which includes state representatives and senators at the state level as well as congressional representatives at the federal level. The community takes great pride in being politically informed and involved with issues that affect their lives. Residents of Tavares take active roles with public policy advocacy groups such as attending meetings to express their opinions on important matters or voting for candidates who share similar views about how they want their city to operate. With strong local leadership and passionate citizens, the politics of Tavares make it an important part of Lake County's larger political scene.
The political climate in Zip 32778 (Tavares, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lake County, FL 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 39.5%.
Lake county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32778 (Tavares, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Tavares, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
Tavares, 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 32778 (Tavares)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 662 contributions totaling $53,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 448 contributions totaling $58,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)