Odessa, FL is a small town in Pasco County located in the Tampa Bay area. It is home to the Suncoast Parkway and SunWest Park which provide outdoor recreation opportunities for its residents. Odessa also has a thriving commercial and industrial sector, hosting a wide variety of businesses from retail to manufacturing. The local politics of Odessa are influenced by the county government and the state legislation that affects the citizens. Pasco County is affiliated with both Democratic and Republican parties and county elections are supervised by the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Office. In recent years, local political candidates have focused on issues such as education, public safety, economic growth, environmental conservation and maintaining the quality of life for Odessa’s citizens. As such, it is important for residents to stay informed on these topics when deciding which candidates they want to support in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Odessa, FL is moderately 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
Odessa, FL is moderately 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.
Odessa, 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 Odessa, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,212 contributions totaling $397,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 960 contributions totaling $483,299 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)