The politics in Charlotte Harbor, FL are heavily influenced by the local government and its officials. The town operates under a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer and presiding over all meetings of the council. The council members are elected to serve four-year terms and they are responsible for proposing ordinances that will affect the residents of Charlotte Harbor. Local issues like taxes, development, infrastructure, health care, education, and other social issues are addressed by the council with public input taken into consideration. In addition to governing policies enacted by the council, there are also committees that review certain topics such as budgeting spending or zoning requests. All decisions made at these meetings must be approved by a majority vote before being implemented. With such a diverse set of citizens in this small town, political debate is lively and engaging to ensure that everyone's input is heard on important matters facing our community.
The political climate in Charlotte Harbor, FL is somewhat conservative.
Charlotte County, FL is strongly conservative. In Charlotte County, FL 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlotte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 36.3%.
Charlotte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Charlotte Harbor, FL is somewhat conservative.
Charlotte County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Punta Gorda Metro Area is strongly 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.
Charlotte Harbor, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Charlotte Harbor, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,257 contributions totaling $77,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 625 contributions totaling $80,397 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)