The politics in 33897 Davenport, FL is of great interest to its residents. The area is represented by a number of elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. Most notably, the area is served by State Representative Anthony Sabatini who represents the 32nd district in the Florida House of Representatives. He was first elected to the position in 2018 and has worked diligently on a number of important issues which have included advocating for lower taxes, improved education and protecting individual liberties. Additionally, the area also has representation from members of both major political parties through its County Commissioner’s office as well as members of Congress who can be contacted with concerns and issues related to government matters. Overall, 33897 Davenport is fortunate to have such diverse representation and dedicated leadership on key political matters
The political climate in Zip 33897 (Davenport, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33897 (Davenport, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Davenport, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Davenport, Florida: r R r r 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 33897 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 509 contributions totaling $15,859 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)