The politics of 33948 Port Charlotte, FL are similar to those of the state of Florida as a whole. With the 2020 general election quickly approaching, citizens of Port Charlotte have the opportunity to vote for their local representation in various races, from School Board to County Commission. The current mayor of Port Charlotte is Stephen R. Deutsch, who was elected in 2018 and is up for reelection in 2022. On the county level, Bill Truex currently represents District 1 on the County Commission. He was first elected in 2010 and is running for another term in 2020. Other city-level political offices include City Council members and Planning and Zoning Board members. All these offices are held by elected officials who serve 4-year terms. In addition to local elections, residents can also participate in statewide elections for Governor and other positions.
The political climate in Zip 33948 (Port Charlotte, FL) is moderately conservative.
Charlotte County, FL is strongly conservative. In Charlotte County, FL 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlotte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 36.3%.
Charlotte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33948 (Port Charlotte, FL) is moderately conservative.
Port Charlotte, Florida is moderately conservative.
Charlotte County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Punta Gorda 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.
Port Charlotte, 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 33948 (Port Charlotte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 451 contributions totaling $19,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $42,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)