The politics of 33157 Palmetto Bay, FL are heavily influenced by the city's commitment to creating a vibrant and thriving local community. The city council is comprised of seven members who are elected every four years and serve as the voice of residents in decision-making processes. It is their priority to ensure that the needs and concerns of citizens are heard and addressed. In addition, the Mayor serves as a leader of the City Council and works closely with them to implement policies and initiatives that will benefit all residents. The city also has an active lobbying presence at both state and national levels, ensuring that issues important to the 33157 Palmetto Bay area are heard.
The political climate in Zip 33157 (Palmetto Bay, FL) is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33157 (Palmetto Bay, FL) is leaning liberal.
Palmetto Bay, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Palmetto Bay, Florida: d d 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 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 zip 33157 (Palmetto Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,824 contributions totaling $508,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 806 contributions totaling $187,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)