New Smyrna Beach, FL located in 32169 is a coastal city with a small town feel. Politically, the city is part of Volusia County and residents vote for representatives to both the county council and the state legislature. The city has a City Commission governing it which consists of five commissioners, each elected by residents to serve a four-year term. Issues that have been discussed at recent meetings include topics such as hurricane preparedness, beach access, and local infrastructure improvement projects. In addition to the local government, citizens can also participate in politics through their involvement in statewide political organizations or other grassroots efforts. Regardless of how invested residents become in politics, voting remains an important way for citizens to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 32169 (New Smyrna Beach, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Volusia County, FL 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Volusia county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.4%.
Volusia county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 32169 (New Smyrna Beach, FL) is somewhat conservative.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Volusia County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach 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.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida: d d d 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 32169 (New Smyrna Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,138 contributions totaling $109,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 526 contributions totaling $373,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $710 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)