Largo, Florida is located in Pinellas County, and as such the city is governed by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners. The current mayor of Largo is Mayor Woody Brown and the City Commission consists of six elected commissioners who are responsible for making decisions concerning local law and regulations. The county office works closely with the Mayor's office to ensure that all residents are given fair representation when it comes to local government issues. The city has a strong history of encouraging civic engagement by providing resources to residents so they can stay informed and involved in the democratic process. Additionally, Largo regularly holds public meetings and town hall discussions so citizens can voice their opinions on important issues facing the city.
The political climate in Largo, 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
Largo, 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.
Largo, 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 Largo, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,059 contributions totaling $670,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,744 contributions totaling $2,064,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $551 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)