Sun City Center, FL is a retirement community located in Hillsborough County. It has a population of 19,258 people according to the 2019 estimates from the U.S. Census. As such, Sun City Center is represented by local government officials who are responsible for making decisions that impact the lives of its citizens. The current elected officials include Mayor Bill Davis and Vice Mayor Robert J. Palmer, who were chosen by the citizens of Sun City Center after participating in elections held in March 2020. There are also four other elected members of the Town Council: Jeffrey Eakins, Pat Miliband, Virginia Beyer, and Herbert Danser. These officials are responsible for representing their constituents and advocating for their best interests within local policy-making processes. Additionally, Sun City Center has had a long history of active involvement in issues related to state and national politics as well as civic engagement initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life within the community at large.
The political climate in Sun City Center, FL is leaning conservative.
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
Sun City Center, FL is leaning conservative.
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.
Sun City Center, 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 Sun City Center, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,636 contributions totaling $226,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,123 contributions totaling $173,747 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)