Brooksville, FL is a small town located in the state of Florida. It is part of Hernando County and has a population of just over 8,000 people. Politics in this small community are led by local politicians who represent the city on the county level. Currently, the mayor is Joe Johnston and he is supported by four city council members including Dan Harrod, Susan Clements-Johnson, Brian Johnson and Mark Johnson. Together they work to address issues such as infrastructure, economic development, and community safety that all affect citizens of Brooksville. The city also works closely with county representatives to ensure that citizens are well represented on both levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 34614 (Brooksville, FL) is strongly conservative.
Hernando County, FL is strongly conservative. In Hernando County, FL 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hernando county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 34.4%.
Hernando county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34614 (Brooksville, FL) is strongly conservative.
Brooksville, Florida is strongly conservative.
Hernando County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Brooksville, Florida: d 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 34614 (Brooksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,633 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)