Clearwater, FL 33759 is a city located in Pinellas County. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor leading a seven-member City Council. Since its incorporation in 1915, Clearwater has had much success in growing the city and promoting sustainable development. Current Mayor George Cretekos and the elected members of the City Council are working together to ensure that Clearwater's residents can enjoy an excellent quality of life. Specifically, they are focused on providing high-quality public services, encouraging economic development, and promoting social and environmental responsibility. The local government puts an emphasis on open communication with citizens to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to creating policy decisions that will ultimately shape Clearwater’s future.
The political climate in Zip 33759 (Clearwater, FL) is leaning liberal.
Pinellas County, FL is leaning liberal. In Pinellas County, FL 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pinellas county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.2%.
Pinellas county flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33759 (Clearwater, FL) is leaning liberal.
Clearwater, Florida is leaning liberal.
Pinellas 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.
Clearwater, Florida: d r d d r 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 33759 (Clearwater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 519 contributions totaling $91,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $351,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)