Jacksonville, Florida is located in Duval County and is part of the 32221 zip code. It is the largest city in the state and has a significant political presence. The politics in this area are largely influenced by Republican Party representatives at both the state and national levels. Although there is a strong Republican presence in this area, it does not mean that Jacksonville views all issues from one particular perspective. For example, local candidates tend to have different stances on education funding, public safety initiatives, infrastructure development, and other important topics. In addition to local candidates, Jacksonville also has representation from various other government officials such as U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott along with Governor Ron DeSantis who all play an important role in impacting politics in this area.
The political climate in Zip 32221 (Jacksonville, FL) is leaning liberal.
Duval County, FL is leaning liberal. In Duval County, FL 51.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duval county flipped Democratic, 51.1% to 47.3%.
Duval county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32221 (Jacksonville, FL) is leaning liberal.
Jacksonville, Florida is leaning liberal.
Duval County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Jacksonville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Jacksonville, Florida: R R r r r 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 32221 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $10,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 199 contributions totaling $64,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)