East Lake-Orient Park, FL is a small city located near Tampa that has seen immense growth over the past few years. Despite its size, East Lake-Orient Park plays host to many of Florida’s political elections. Local candidates run for positions such as mayor and city council representatives, and they are often some of the most competitive races in the state. Residents take their local politics very seriously, and it’s not uncommon to see bumper stickers and yard signs during election season. The political landscape in East Lake-Orient Park is constantly changing as new ideas and people emerge in the area. That being said, there are always opportunities for individuals to get involved in their local politics and have their voices heard by elected officials.
The political climate in East Lake-Orient Park, FL is somewhat liberal.
Hillsborough County, FL is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, FL 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 45.8%.
Hillsborough county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Lake-Orient Park, FL is somewhat liberal.
Hillsborough 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.
East Lake-Orient Park, Florida: r r d d d 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 East Lake-Orient Park, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,045 contributions totaling $397,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,623 contributions totaling $1,621,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $999 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)