Dunedin, FL is a small town in Northern Pinellas County with a population of about 37,500 people. The local politics in Dunedin are generally focused on issues that affect the day-to-day lives of its citizens, such as taxes, infrastructure, public safety and the environment. The mayor and four city commissioners work together to ensure that the town's interests are represented at the state and federal levels. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and four commissioners who oversee the various departments within the city government. Although there are no specific local candidates running for office this year, voters can still have their voice heard by voting in local referendums or other ballot measures related to local policy decisions.
The political climate in Dunedin, 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
Dunedin, 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.
Dunedin, 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 Dunedin, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,588 contributions totaling $2,286,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,718 contributions totaling $833,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)