Ocala, FL is a city of over 55,000 people located in central Florida. It is the county seat of Marion County and is home to many businesses and attractions. In terms of politics, Ocala has been primarily represented by Republicans in recent years. The current mayor of Ocala is Kent Guinn who was elected in 2016. For the 2020 elections, Republican candidates for state representative include Stan McClain, Jamie Grant and Santino Stricchiola. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats challenging for these seats are Bennie Smith Jr., Roberta Akins-Pruitt and Deborah Poulshock. Local people will have to decide which candidate best represents their interests as they make their decisions at the polls this November.
The political climate in Zip 34470 (Ocala, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Marion County, FL is strongly conservative. In Marion County, FL 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34470 (Ocala, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Ocala, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Marion County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Ocala Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ocala, 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 34470 (Ocala)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $45,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $36,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)