The town of Wesley Chapel, FL is a small community nestled in the greater Tampa Bay area. The community is proud of its strong sense of local pride and civic engagement. Political decisions affecting the town are made at various levels ranging from municipality to county, state, and federal offices. The population of Wesley Chapel is growing quickly and with it come all sorts of issues that need to be addressed by the local government. Residents have a vested interest in who represents them and actively participate in elections to choose their local political candidates. Important topics up for debate include education funding, public safety initiatives, economic development strategies, infrastructure improvements, and environmental regulations. By engaging in the political process citizens can play an important role in shaping their community for years to come.
The political climate in Wesley Chapel, FL is somewhat conservative.
Pasco County, FL is moderately conservative. In Pasco County, FL 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pasco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.4% to 39.3%.
Pasco county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wesley Chapel, FL is somewhat conservative.
Pasco County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
Wesley Chapel, Florida: d 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 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 Wesley Chapel, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,894 contributions totaling $172,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 654 contributions totaling $150,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)