Largo, FL is a major city located in Pinellas County. It is home to over 80,000 people and has a vibrant political culture. Local politics in 33773 Largo, FL are centered on issues such as public safety, education, land use, economic development and healthcare. The city has an elected mayor and commission which sets the city's policies. Important local elections happen every four years for these positions. In addition to the mayoral election, there are several local initiatives that can appear on ballots each year. These initiatives often include things like tax levies or bond issues that will impact the community. Residents of Largo are encouraged to participate in local politics by attending town hall meetings or voting in elections.
The political climate in Zip 33773 (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 33773 (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 33773 (Largo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 268 contributions totaling $10,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $17,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)