Oldsmar, FL is a small city located in Pinellas County, Florida. It has a close-knit community and is home to many businesses and organizations. In Oldsmar, the local government follows a commission-manager form of government led by a mayor and four commissioners. Elections for the mayor and the commissioners are held every two years. The current mayor of Oldsmar is Eric Seidel, who was re-elected in 2019. The four members of the city council are Tom Rask, Claudette Casey, Ed Hooper, and Carol Sinzdak. These local politicians focus on making decisions that will benefit Oldsmar's citizens and promote economic development in the area. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and housing options are all important topics that these officials address when it comes to improving their city for its residents.
The political climate in Oldsmar, FL is leaning conservative.
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
Oldsmar, FL is leaning conservative.
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.
Oldsmar, 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 Oldsmar, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,702 contributions totaling $462,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,293 contributions totaling $587,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)