In the city of Inverness, FL (34453), politics involve both local and state representatives. The elected officials representing the community are Mayor Bob Plaisted and four City Council members, all of whom are elected by registered voters in Inverness. Municipal ordinances are set by these elected officials for the betterment of Inverness. Local issues that are commonly discussed in the city involve zoning, budgetary concerns, public safety, infrastructure development and environmental protection. The county commissioners also have jurisdiction over some important matters that affect the daily lives of residents such as property taxes, roadway maintenance, economic development incentives and regional planning initiatives. On a state level, two representatives from 34453 serve in the Florida House of Representatives and one senator represents 34453 in the Florida Senate. All three of these individuals work together to shape policies that will provide long-term benefits to those living in Inverness and throughout the rest of Florida.
The political climate in Zip 34453 (Inverness, FL) is strongly conservative.
Citrus County, FL is very conservative. In Citrus County, FL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Citrus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 29.0%.
Citrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34453 (Inverness, FL) is strongly conservative.
Inverness, Florida is strongly conservative.
Citrus County, Florida is very conservative.
Homosassa Springs Metro Area is very 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.
Inverness, 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 34453 (Inverness)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $9,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $7,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)