South Pasadena is nestled along the Gulf Coast of Florida in Pinellas County. Politically, South Pasadena is a vibrant and diverse community. The town council is made up of four members who are elected by residents to serve a two-year term. These representatives strive to create initiatives that benefit the entire community, addressing issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements and environmental protection. Local elections occur every two years and citizens can participate by registering to vote with the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections. Furthermore, the City Council holds regular meetings that are open to the public for citizens to provide their input on current and future projects and proposals in South Pasadena.
The political climate in South Pasadena, 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
South Pasadena, 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.
South Pasadena, 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 South Pasadena, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,306 contributions totaling $155,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 643 contributions totaling $983,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,529 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)