Belleair Shore, FL is a small town located on the gulf coast of Florida. It has a vibrant political life, with a number of elected officials representing the town's interests in local and state government. The mayor of Belleair Shore is currently Joe Ayoub, who was elected in 2018. There are five city council members who work together to make decisions that affect the citizens of Belleair Shore. Additionally, there are two state senators who represent Belleair Shore and its neighboring towns at the state level: Sen. Jeff Brandes and Sen. Darryl Rouson. All of these elected officials work hard to ensure that the needs of all residents in Belleair Shore are being met.
The political climate in Belleair Shore, 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
Belleair Shore, 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.
Belleair Shore, 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 Shore, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 494 contributions totaling $31,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $98,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)