Brandon, FL is located in Hillsborough County and is a part of the greater Tampa Bay area. In 33511 Brandon, FL residents are represented in government at all levels by various political candidates. At the federal level, residents are represented by Charlie Crist (D) in the U.S. House of Representatives and Marco Rubio (R) in the U.S. Senate. At the state level, residents are served by Tom Lee (R) and Janet Cruz (D) in the Florida State Senate and Ross Spano (R) and Adam Hattersley (D) in the Florida House of Representatives. Finally, at the local level, Brandon is served on Hillsborough County Commission by Stacy White (R), who also serves as Chairman of that body. The commission is responsible for setting policies to address issues affecting local communities like infrastructure improvement, economic development, education funding and more. With these representatives leading within their respective offices, Brandon's citizens can be sure that their interests will be heard on important political matters affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 33511 (Brandon, 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 33511 (Brandon, FL) is leaning liberal.
Brandon, 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.
Brandon, 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 33511 (Brandon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,255 contributions totaling $86,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $185,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)