The town of Venice, FL, located in Sarasota County, is a beautiful coastal destination known for its stunning beaches and vibrant culture. Politically, the city is part of Florida’s 26th congressional district and is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Vern Buchanan. It is served in the Florida Senate by Joe Gruters and Doug Holder in the Florida House of Representatives. At the local level, Venice has a mayor-council form of government composed of five city council members elected at-large on a non-partisan basis to serve four year terms. The current mayor is John Holic. Residents of Venice can stay informed on local political news by following the city's website, Facebook page, or attending events like town hall meetings or public hearings that are regularly held throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 34285 (Venice, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Sarasota County, FL 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarasota county remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 44.3%.
Sarasota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34285 (Venice, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Venice, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Sarasota County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Venice, 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 34285 (Venice)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,444 contributions totaling $339,053 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 579 contributions totaling $191,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)