Tarpon Springs, FL is a city in Pinellas County located along the Gulf of Mexico. It is an area with a rich history steeped both in cultural and political influences. Tarpon Springs has existed as an incorporated municipality since 1887 and has had many notable figures grace its political landscape over time. The current mayor of Tarpon Springs is Chris Hrabovsky, who was elected in 2018. He is joined by four city commissioners that are responsible for making laws and regulations to govern the city. Together they strive to ensure that all citizens have access to quality services, protections, and resources for their everyday needs. Additionally, there are local political organizations available to citizens that provide information about upcoming elections and how they can get involved in the decision-making process. With this strong commitment to civic duty and collective action from its residents, Tarpon Springs remains an engaged community with an eye on creating a better future for itself and its neighbors.
The political climate in Tarpon Springs, 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
Tarpon Springs, 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.
Tarpon Springs, 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 Tarpon Springs, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,149 contributions totaling $1,025,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,584 contributions totaling $622,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)