Gulfport, FL 33707 is a small municipality located in Pinellas County on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The city is governed by a mayor and four City Council members who are all elected by the local population. The current Mayor of Gulfport is Sam Henderson and the current City Council members are Dan Liedtke, Christine Brown, Yolanda Roman, and Michael Fridovich. They are responsible for setting policy, approving budgets, approving development projects, and enhancing the quality of life for residents of Gulfport. As a community strongly rooted in its maritime culture and history, City Council Members focus on efforts to protect the environment while encouraging economic development that preserves open spaces and respects the uniqueness of Gulfport's coastal heritage. In addition to local governance activities, Village officials also serve as a voice for its citizens at the county level when regional issues arise.
The political climate in Zip 33707 (Gulfport, 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 33707 (Gulfport, FL) is leaning liberal.
Gulfport, 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.
Gulfport, 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 33707 (Gulfport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,306 contributions totaling $155,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 643 contributions totaling $983,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,529 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)