The city of Apollo Beach, FL is located in Hillsborough County and has a population of roughly 14,000. The area is governed by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, which consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. The city also has a mayor and four commissioners who are elected for two-year terms. Local political candidates have included Barbara Scott, Yolie Capin, Jackie Toledo, and Pat Kemp. The city focuses on providing its citizens with the best quality of life through supporting and promoting growth and development while retaining the small-town character. Residents can stay informed about local politics by attending City Council meetings or engaging with their representatives on social media. Additionally, citizens can get involved by volunteering at civic events or running as a candidate in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 33572 (Apollo Beach, 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 33572 (Apollo Beach, FL) is leaning liberal.
Apollo Beach, 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.
Apollo Beach, 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 33572 (Apollo Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,521 contributions totaling $71,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $62,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)