The city of Largo, FL (33761) is located in the Tampa Bay area and has a population of 78,661 as of 2019. It is home to a wide variety of businesses and attractions, including Largo Central Park, the Largo Cultural Center, and many shopping centers and restaurants. The city holds local elections every two years for mayor and four city commissioners. The current mayor is Catherine Price and the current commissioners are Michael Smith, Curtis Holmes, Jamie Robinson and Woody Brown. The mayor works with the commission to set policy and provide services to citizens. Issues that are important to the community include public safety, economic development, environmental protection, infrastructure investments, budgeting priorities and quality of life improvements. As one of the fastest growing cities in Florida, it is essential for the local politicians to remain engaged with their constituents in order to ensure that their needs are being met.
The political climate in Zip 33760 (Largo, 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 33760 (Largo, FL) is leaning liberal.
Largo, 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.
Largo, 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 33760 (Largo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 349 contributions totaling $43,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $291,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)