33409 West Palm Beach, Florida is a bustling city located in the heart of Palm Beach County. The city is home to a diverse population of individuals and families from all walks of life. It is an important hub for commerce, culture and education in the county. Politically, West Palm Beach is overwhelmingly democratic with 77 percent of registered voters casting ballots for Democratic candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Locally, the governing body of West Palm Beach is composed of five City Commissioners who are elected by the citizens through nonpartisan elections. The City Commission makes laws and sets policy for the city and oversees its administration. There are also several other local government bodies associated with West Palm Beach such as a school board, county commission, police department and fire station that help ensure the city's safety and wellbeing. Each of these branches work together to make sure that West Palm Beach remains a thriving community for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Zip 33409 (West Palm Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33409 (West Palm Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
West Palm Beach, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
West Palm Beach, Florida: D D D D D D
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 33409 (West Palm Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 860 contributions totaling $284,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 255 contributions totaling $350,687 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)