The city of 34698 Dunedin, FL is a small city located in Pinellas County. It is a coastal city located on the Gulf of Mexico and has a population of 35,636 people according to the 2019 census. The local politics in 34698 Dunedin, FL are managed by the City Commission which consists of five members who are all elected at large to serve four year terms. The Mayor is elected from among the sitting Commissioners and serves as Chairperson of the Commission meetings. Issues that currently impact local politics in 34698 Dunedin, FL include economic development initiatives, land use planning, infrastructure improvement projects and environmental protection. There are various opportunities for citizens to engage in local political processes such as attending public meetings and participating in online discussions with elected officials or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 34698 (Dunedin, 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 34698 (Dunedin, FL) is leaning liberal.
Dunedin, 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.
Dunedin, 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 34698 (Dunedin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,547 contributions totaling $219,726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $105,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)