Pinellas Park, FL is located in Pinellas County and is a vibrant city that is home to over 49,000 people. The political landscape of Pinellas Park is represented by the Mayor and four City Commissioners who are elected by the citizens. These officials create laws and policies that represent the interests of the community. They are responsible for developing budgets to meet the needs of the residents and businesses in Pinellas Park. Additionally, they work with local and state officials to ensure that their constituents have access to quality education, public safety, housing, transportation and other essential services. Overall, Pinellas Park has a strong tradition of democratic government that has served its citizens well for many years.
The political climate in Pinellas Park, FL is leaning liberal.
Pinellas County, FL is leaning liberal. In Pinellas County, FL 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pinellas county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.2%.
Pinellas county flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pinellas Park, FL is leaning liberal.
Pinellas County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pinellas Park, Florida: d r d d r 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pinellas Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,369 contributions totaling $801,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,323 contributions totaling $1,765,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)