Big Pine Key, FL (33043) is a small town in the Florida Keys, with a population of about 5,000 people. Politically, the town is heavily Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012 by wide margins. In recent years, local politics have been dominated by environmental issues such as sea level rise and climate change adaptation. Big Pine Key has enacted several regulations to reduce water pollution and protect its fragile ecosystem. It has also taken steps to limit development in order to preserve its unique nature-based attractions. The local political scene has seen multiple candidates vying for elected office in recent years, including one who ran on a platform of promoting sustainable tourism and another who advocated for increased monitoring of local water quality levels.
The political climate in Zip 33043 (Big Pine Key, FL) is leaning conservative.
Monroe County, FL is leaning conservative. In Monroe County, FL 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.5%.
Monroe county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33043 (Big Pine Key, FL) is leaning conservative.
Big Pine Key, Florida is leaning conservative.
Monroe County, Florida is leaning conservative.
Key West 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.
Big Pine Key, Florida: d d d d 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 zip 33043 (Big Pine Key)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 418 contributions totaling $16,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $14,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)