Carrollwood, FL is located within Hillsborough County and is a part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area. The local politics of 33618 Carrollwood, FL are governed by Hillsborough County Commissioners who are elected to represent each district in the county. Some current representatives for the 33618 area include Stacy White, Kimberly Overman, Mariella Smith, and Sandy Murman. Each representative has their own set of policies that they focus on to better serve their constituencies. These policies range from advocating for better environmental protection initiatives to increasing government funding for education programs in the area. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development are also important topics that local politicians seek to address in their communities. In addition to putting forth policy proposals, local political candidates will engage with constituents to understand their needs and concerns so that they can best represent them in office.
The political climate in Zip 33618 (Carrollwood, 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 33618 (Carrollwood, FL) is leaning liberal.
Carrollwood, 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.
Carrollwood, 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 33618 (Carrollwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,409 contributions totaling $186,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 483 contributions totaling $106,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)