Homestead, FL is a city located in Miami-Dade County with a population of over 68,000 people as of 2019. The city is governed by a five-member City Council who are elected on an at-large basis and serve four year terms. The current mayor is Stephen R. Shelley, who was initially appointed due to the resignation of previous mayor Jeff Porter. All council members serve in a nonpartisan capacity and are tasked with making decisions that best benefit the community such as allocating funds for public services, developing infrastructure, and setting policies about zoning and development ordinances. Additionally, Homestead holds elections every two years for local political positions such as School Board Members and representatives for the Florida House of Representatives and Senate which play an important role in shaping state policies affecting the city's residents.
The political climate in Zip 33035 (Homestead, FL) is somewhat 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 33035 (Homestead, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Homestead, Florida is somewhat 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 33035 (Homestead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $9,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $5,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)