Safety Harbor, FL is a small city located on the western coast of Florida. While it is not a heavily populated area, it still has an active political culture. The city has two governing bodies, the Safety Harbor City Commission, which consists of five commissioners who are elected at large and serve four-year terms; and the Safety Harbor City Council, composed of seven members who are elected to staggered terms of three years each. Members of both bodies are subject to election every two years in order to remain in office. Different types of issues come up for discussion on both levels, ranging from budget allocations to zoning regulations and development projects. Furthering their commitment to community engagement, Safety Harbor offers town hall meetings where citizens can voice their opinions and ask questions about local issues directly with their representatives.
The political climate in Safety Harbor, FL is leaning conservative.
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
Safety Harbor, FL is leaning conservative.
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.
Safety Harbor, 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 Safety Harbor, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,227 contributions totaling $256,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,003 contributions totaling $513,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $512 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)