Winter Haven, FL is home to over 33,000 people and lies within Polk County. It is a bustling city with an active political landscape. The current mayor of Winter Haven is Mayor Brad Dantzler, who was elected in 2018. He has been heavily involved in city projects such as the new Chain-of-Lakes Trail construction and other infrastructure initiatives. On the county level, Republican Bill Braswell currently serves as the Chairman of Polk County Commission, while Democrat Rick Wilson serves as Vice-Chairman. Both parties have well-established political organizations that are involved in local issues such as environmental protection, education reform, economic development, and public safety. Additionally, a number of candidates from both sides of the aisle have recently filed for office in 2020 in order to represent Winter Haven at the state and federal levels. With several options for voters to choose from this November, it is sure to be an interesting election cycle for Winter Haven residents.
The political climate in Zip 33884 (Winter Haven, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33884 (Winter Haven, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Winter Haven, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven 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.
Winter Haven, 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 33884 (Winter Haven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,761 contributions totaling $59,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 453 contributions totaling $147,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)