Cape Coral, FL 33909 is a city located in Lee County on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It has a population of over 160,000 and is known for its diverse neighborhoods and parks. Politically, the city operates under a council-manager government with an elected mayor serving as head of the city council. The current mayor is Joe Coviello and there are seven other members who make up the governing body of Cape Coral. These members are elected by their respective districts to serve four-year terms and represent the interests of their constituents. At the state level, Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto represents residents of Cape Coral in Washington D.C., while State Representatives Dane Eagle and Heather Fitzenhagen provide legislative representation at the state level. All three representatives are Republicans from Lee County who have been active on local issues such as water quality, economic development and hurricane preparedness. Additionally, voters can take part in local elections to help shape policy decisions that impact their community through voting for candidates who best represent their needs and values.
The political climate in Zip 33909 (Cape Coral, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, FL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, FL 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.9%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33909 (Cape Coral, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Cape Coral, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Florida is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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.
Cape Coral, 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 33909 (Cape Coral)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $20,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 199 contributions totaling $11,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)