Homestead, FL is located in Miami-Dade County and has a population of 67,438 people. It is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council who are responsible for overseeing the city's operations. The current mayor is Jeffrey Porter and city council members include Wendy Burgess, David Clements, Desmond McCray, Jon Burgess, Jimmie Williams, Terri Lynn Gibson, and Alejandro Ortiz. They work together to ensure the safety and well-being of the community by passing laws that will improve citizens' quality of life. The city council also works with local businesses to promote economic development in order to attract more jobs and create a prosperous environment for everyone. Residents of Homestead are able to voice their concerns through their elected officials during public meetings held on a regular basis.
The political climate in Zip 33031 (Homestead, FL) is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33031 (Homestead, FL) is leaning liberal.
Homestead, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Homestead, Florida: d d D D D 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 33031 (Homestead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215 contributions totaling $18,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $49,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)