The city of 32968 Vero Beach South, FL is a vibrant and diverse community in the state of Florida. Politically, Vero Beach is part of Indian River County, which has a five-member Board of County Commissioners elected by the residents. Additionally, each county elects a Sheriff as their chief law enforcement officer. Currently, Robert W. Hawley is the Sheriff for Indian River County, while Timothy D. Zorc and Joseph Flescher are two of the five County Commissioners for Indian River County. Vero Beach South also has its own mayoral elections every four years, with Harry Howle as its current mayor since 2020. The local government in Vero Beach South works to provide its citizens with essential services such as waste management and public safety while upholding their commitment to fiscal responsibility and sustainability effort.
The political climate in Zip 32968 (Vero Beach South, FL) is moderately conservative.
Indian River County, FL is moderately conservative. In Indian River County, FL 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indian River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 38.7%.
Indian River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32968 (Vero Beach South, FL) is moderately conservative.
Vero Beach South, Florida is moderately conservative.
Indian River County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Sebastian-Vero Beach Metro Area is moderately 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.
Vero Beach South, 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 32968 (Vero Beach South)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 499 contributions totaling $38,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $69,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)