Dade City, FL is a small city in Pasco County located just north of Tampa. The town has a strong sense of community and has been home to generations of families. Politics are important in Dade City as it is the county seat for Pasco County and has held that distinction since 1887 when it was founded. Politically, Dade City leans Republican with many of its elected officials being Republicans. In recent years, the county has seen an increase in registered Democrats and more competitive elections between candidates from both parties. Additionally, local organizations such as the Dade City Area Chamber of Commerce have been actively working to engage local candidates and encourage all citizens to vote and get involved in the political process.
The political climate in Dade City, FL is leaning 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
Dade City, FL is leaning 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.
Dade City, 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 Dade City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,838 contributions totaling $171,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,354 contributions totaling $357,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)