Clearwater, FL is a city with a population of around 113,000 people. Politically the city is divided between republicans and democrats. The local government is largely composed of Republican legislators who have been serving in office for several years. In the past few years, there have been many races for various city offices including Mayor, City Council Members and Commissioners. Recently the residents of Clearwater elected Frank Hibbard to serve as Mayor and new City Council Members Paul Gibson and Carla Turner were voted in. All three candidates ran campaigns focused on providing a better quality of life for citizens within the city limits. Each candidate has promised to work together to make Clearwater a place where everyone feels welcomed and safe. With this commitment to creating an inclusive environment and improving the quality of life in the city, residents can look forward to local politics that will benefit them all.
The political climate in Zip 33763 (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 33763 (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 33763 (Clearwater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,239 contributions totaling $121,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 636 contributions totaling $33,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)