Madeira Beach is located on the Florida gulf coast and is part of Pinellas County. It has a small, close knit community with a notable presence in both local and state politics. Local political issues often revolve around beach access, coastal development, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements. There are elected representatives at the city, county, and state levels who work to represent the interests of Madeira Beach in Tallahassee. With a diverse population and fiercely independent spirit, it is no surprise that Madeira Beach citizens take an active role in shaping their local government.
The political climate in Madeira Beach, 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
Madeira Beach, 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.
Madeira 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 Madeira Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,458 contributions totaling $175,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 529 contributions totaling $135,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)