Grant-Valkaria, FL is a small town located in Brevard County on the Atlantic coast of Florida. While Grant-Valkaria only has a population of about 1,000 people, it is an active and engaged community with strong political representation. The local government for Grant-Valkaria is managed by Mayor Kenneth Larsen and five council members. These elected officials work together to create policies that best serve their constituents and support initiatives in the community. In addition to the local officials, citizens of Grant-Valkaria are also represented at the state level by Representative Thad Altman and Senator Debbie Mayfield. Both Altman and Mayfield are known for their commitment to public service and have made it a priority to ensure that Floridians across the state can access quality education, healthcare, jobs, and more.
The political climate in Grant-Valkaria, FL is moderately conservative.
Brevard County, FL is moderately conservative. In Brevard County, FL 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brevard county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.1%.
Brevard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grant-Valkaria, FL is moderately conservative.
Brevard County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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.
Grant-Valkaria, 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 Grant-Valkaria, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $64,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 423 contributions totaling $53,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)