Alachua, FL, located in Alachua County, is an area with a rich political history. Though there is no information on the exact population of Alachua, the county as a whole has a population of around 263,000. Within Alachua County, local politics are mainly dominated by the Democratic Party. The most recent elections included a run for Governor of Florida between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis. The DeSantis/Gillum ticket was also accompanied by several other local candidates from both parties who were campaigning for positions in the state legislature and county offices. While there are many issues to be addressed in Alachua, ranging from economic development to public safety initiatives, residents of this area can remain confident that their voices will be heard during each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 32616 (Alachua, FL) is moderately liberal.
Alachua County, FL is strongly liberal. In Alachua County, FL 62.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alachua county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.7% to 35.6%.
Alachua county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32616 (Alachua, FL) is moderately liberal.
Alachua, Florida is moderately liberal.
Alachua County, Florida is strongly liberal.
Gainesville Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Alachua, Florida: D D D D D D
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 32616 (Alachua)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $16,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $16,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $647 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)