Belleair Bluffs is a small city located in Pinellas County, Florida. It is a part of the Tampa Bay Area and is known for its upscale neighborhoods and the Belleair Country Club. The city's government is composed of five council members who serve four-year terms, with regular elections held every two years to elect three council members at once. These council members work together to make decisions that benefit the citizens and businesses of Belleair Bluffs. In addition, the Mayor serves as a full-time executive, responsible for leading the city's departments and overseeing day-to-day operations. The Mayor also has veto power over any legislation passed by the City Council. With an emphasis on fiscal responsibility and transparency in government operations, local leaders strive to keep taxes low while investing in infrastructure improvements such as road paving projects and park improvements. There is also a strong focus on promoting economic activity within the community through initiatives such as business recruitment efforts and providing incentives for new business growth. All in all, politics in Belleair Bluffs are focused on creating an economically viable environment that supports its citizens and businesses alike.
The political climate in Belleair Bluffs, 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
Belleair Bluffs, 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.
Belleair Bluffs, 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 Bluffs, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 710 contributions totaling $51,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $51,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)