Pasco County in Florida is known to be a politically diverse area. This is due to the wide range of people who live within the county and the different opinions they hold. The diversity of political views in Pasco County has resulted in some heated debates over the years. In recent years, there have been several local political candidates vying for office, giving voters a wide selection when it comes to choosing the best candidate to represent them at both the state and national level. These candidates have put forward different policies, ideas and visions that reflect their own personal beliefs as well as those of their constituents. Voters in Pasco County would do well to research all these candidates before making an informed decision on Election Day.
The political climate in Pasco County, FL is moderately conservative.
In Pasco County, FL 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pasco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.4% to 39.3%.
Pasco county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pasco County, FL is moderately conservative.
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.
Pasco, Florida: d r r r R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Pasco County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,724 contributions totaling $583,721 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,921 contributions totaling $872,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)