The politics of East Lake, Florida are shaped by the small city's commitment to maintaining its unique character and creating a safe and vibrant environment for its citizens. While the city is part of Pinellas County, East Lake has its own mayor and city council who are elected by local residents and oversee the implementation of local laws. The mayor helps create a vision for how East Lake should grow and develop, while the council works towards making this vision a reality. Local leaders strive to ensure efficient town services, as well as promote economic development in order to support businesses that create jobs for the community. In addition, they collaborate with county officials to ensure that East Lake residents have access to quality education, public safety, and other resources they need to thrive.
The political climate in East Lake, 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
East Lake, 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.
East Lake, 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 East Lake, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,148 contributions totaling $509,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,029 contributions totaling $738,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)