The politics in 32784 Umatilla, FL are centered around the local government and its actions. The town is governed by a mayor and a city council which works to ensure the community has clean water, safe roads, and efficient public services. Local elections are held every two years with residents voting for a mayor and four city council members who will represent their interests on the board. Voter turnout for these elections tends to be high as citizens take an active role in deciding who will make decisions affecting their daily lives. Aside from local elections, 32784 Umatilla also takes part in national and state politics. This can include anything from supporting different political candidates to lobbying for or against laws that affect the city's inhabitants.
The political climate in Zip 32784 (Umatilla, FL) is moderately 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 32784 (Umatilla, FL) is moderately conservative.
Umatilla, Florida is moderately 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.
Umatilla, 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 32784 (Umatilla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $4,058 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $63,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)