The zip code 33611 in Tampa, FL is located in the Hillsborough County and is a center of political activity. The majority of local politics is represented by the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners, which sets local taxes and works to pass legislation affecting constituents within the county. Additionally, the state representatives who serve in state government are elected from the area and work to pass laws that benefit residents of 33611. There are also many small-scale political efforts from volunteer groups, grassroots organizations, and other non-profits that focus on various issues impacting people living in Tampa. These political efforts often involve holding town halls or attending events to advocate for their causes and help influence change. Overall, Tampa is an active civic community with a variety of different political conversations happening across its many neighborhoods.
The political climate in Zip 33611 (Tampa, FL) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 33611 (Tampa, FL) is leaning liberal.
Tampa, Florida is leaning liberal.
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.
Tampa, 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 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 33611 (Tampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,701 contributions totaling $397,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 641 contributions totaling $939,736 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,466 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)