The politics in 33991 Cape Coral, FL are governed by a city council of seven members. The mayor is elected at-large and the six district council members are elected by district. All are elected to three-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. Residents of the district they represent serve as their constituents, and have the opportunity to voice opinions on issues impacting their neighborhood and the city as a whole. Issues around public safety, infrastructure projects, land use, zoning regulations and budgeting are among those addressed by the council. Additionally, local political candidates for office within 33991 Cape Coral can be found through various media outlets and local organizations such as civic groups or community action committees.
The political climate in Zip 33991 (Cape Coral, FL) is moderately 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 33991 (Cape Coral, FL) is moderately conservative.
Cape Coral, Florida is moderately 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 33991 (Cape Coral)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,115 contributions totaling $55,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $175,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $712 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)