The small city of Venice, FL (34292) is located in Sarasota County and is part of the larger metropolitan area known as the Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area is served by a number of elected officials at the local, state, and national level. On the local level, Venice residents elect two representatives to the City Council who serve four year terms. These council members are responsible for approving budgets and approving ordinances for matters such as zoning, public safety, and economic development. At the state level, Venice residents are represented by both a member of the Florida House of Representatives and a member of the Florida Senate. These representatives are responsible for introducing legislation that affects their constituents in areas such as education, infrastructure, public safety and health care. Finally on the national level, Venice residents are represented by one member of Congress who serves in the United States House of Representatives. This representative is responsible for introducing federal legislation that benefits their constituents in matters such as civil rights, taxes, foreign policy, and environmental protection. All these elected officials work together to ensure that Venice remains a safe place to live with strong civic engagement from its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 34292 (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 34292 (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 34292 (Venice)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,044 contributions totaling $123,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 452 contributions totaling $76,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)