Port Charlotte, FL is located in Charlotte County and is a part of the larger Southwest Florida region. As of 2019, Port Charlotte has an estimated population of 57,421 people. The city is served by the Charlotte County Commission and other local boards such as the Port Charlotte Board of County Commissioners. On the political front, Port Charlotte generally leans conservative and is represented at the state level by Republican Senator Joe Gruters and Representative Michael Grant. At the federal level, it is represented by Republican Congressman Greg Steube. Local elections for all offices are held every 2 years in November.
The political climate in Zip 33954 (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 33954 (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 33954 (Port Charlotte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $16,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $13,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)