Stuart, FL is a city located in Martin County and has a population of 16,481 people according to the 2018 Census. Politically, the city largely leans towards the Democratic Party. On the county level, the majority of elected officials are Democrats. This includes State Senator Gayle Harrell and State Representative Toby Overdorf for District 82. On the national level, Congressman Brian Mast represents Florida's 18th Congressional District which encompasses Stuart at the U.S house of Representatives. As such, it is clear that Stuart has strong Democratic support on a local and federal level.
The political climate in Zip 34994 (Stuart, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Martin County, FL is strongly conservative. In Martin County, FL 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 37.3%.
Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34994 (Stuart, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Stuart, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Martin County, Florida is strongly conservative.
Port St. Lucie 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.
Stuart, 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 34994 (Stuart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,261 contributions totaling $126,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 472 contributions totaling $100,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)