The city of Okeechobee, Florida is located in Okeechobee County and is a vibrant and growing community. The local government consists of a Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and four City Commissioners. The current Mayor is Dowling Watford and the Vice-Mayor is Robbie Cooper. Each City Commissioner serves a two year term. Recent political issues in Okeechobee have included efforts to improve the local infrastructure, increase economic development opportunities, and create more recreational facilities for residents to enjoy. Additionally, the city has been actively involved in lobbying state and federal governments to secure additional funding for local projects such as road improvements and educational initiatives. As Okeechobee grows, local politics will continue to be an important part of making sure the community remains strong for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 34974 (Okeechobee, FL) is strongly conservative.
Okeechobee County, FL is very conservative. In Okeechobee County, FL 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okeechobee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 27.5%.
Okeechobee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34974 (Okeechobee, FL) is strongly conservative.
Okeechobee, Florida is strongly conservative.
Okeechobee County, Florida is very conservative.
Okeechobee 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.
Okeechobee, 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 34974 (Okeechobee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $7,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $18,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)