Belleair Beach, Florida is a small coastal town located in Pinellas County. It is home to a diverse community of people and offers a vibrant range of recreational activities and local attractions. In terms of politics, the town is part of the 13th Congressional District that is represented by Congressman Charlie Crist. On the state level, Belleair Beach has representation in both the House and Senate from Senator Joe Gruters and Representative Chris Latvala. At the local level, Belleair Beach operates under a commission-manager form of government where residents elect five commissioners who serve as policy makers for the town. The mayor serves as one of these commissioners and is elected by the community every two years. In addition to setting policy for their own municipality, members of the commission also work together with other towns within Pinellas County to ensure that all needs are met for their shared constituents.
The political climate in Belleair Beach, 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
Belleair Beach, 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.
Belleair Beach, 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 Belleair Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 494 contributions totaling $31,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $98,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)