The city of Lakeland, FL, 33805 is located in Polk County and has a population of over 104,000 people. Politically, the community is largely represented by Democratic party candidates at the local level. In the most recent election cycle in 2020, Mayor Bill Mutz was re-elected to serve as mayor for another four years. At the state level, many of the towns residents are represented by State Representatives Colleen Burton and Mike La Rosa or State Senator Kelli Stargel from Florida's 22nd district. Each elected official works hard to ensure that their constituents' interests are met. Beyond voting for their representatives each election cycle, citizens can also participate in community events such as neighborhood meetings and city council meetings where they can voice their concerns and find out how local politics affects them.
The political climate in Zip 33805 (Lakeland, FL) is leaning 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 33805 (Lakeland, FL) is leaning conservative.
Lakeland, Florida is leaning 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.
Lakeland, 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 33805 (Lakeland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $4,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $13,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)