Indian Rocks Beach, FL is a small city located on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It is known for its beautiful beaches and laid-back lifestyle. Politically, Indian Rocks Beach leans conservative given its demographics and voting trends. The city elects members to the Pinellas County Commission and School Board, as well as to the state legislature. These representatives strive to ensure that Indian Rocks Beach receives adequate funding for infrastructure projects, police protection, and other important services. In addition, many locals volunteer for numerous political campaigns in order to protect their town's interests and uphold the values that have made it such a desirable place to live.
The political climate in Indian Rocks Beach, 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
Indian Rocks Beach, 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.
Indian Rocks Beach, 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 Indian Rocks Beach, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 516 contributions totaling $26,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $60,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $443 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)