Politics in Plant City, FL are governed by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. The board is composed of seven members, each elected from a single-member district for a four-year term. The mayor is also elected countywide to a four-year term. The current mayor is Rick Lott and the current commissioners are Stacy White, Les Miller Jr., Sandy Murman, Kimberly Overman, Mariella Smith, Ken Hagan, and Victor Crist. Each commissioner represents an equal portion of the population and has the responsibility to ensure that all county ordinances and laws are followed on behalf of their constituents. Plant City residents have access to several state and local representatives who work to pass legislation and help improve the quality of life for their constituents.
The political climate in Plant City, FL is leaning 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
Plant City, FL is leaning 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.
Plant City, 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 Plant City, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,137 contributions totaling $68,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 816 contributions totaling $190,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)