The town of Lutz, FL 33549 is located in Hillsborough County and forms part of the larger Tampa Bay Area. It is a relatively small town with a population of only 19,344 residents according to the 2018 US Census Bureau. Politically, the area is represented in the Florida House of Representatives by Jackie Toledo and in the State Senate by Tom Lee. In terms of Federal representation, Lutz is included in Florida's 14th Congressional District and is represented by Kathy Castor. The town is also part of Hillsborough County’s Board of County Commissioners where it falls under the jurisdiction of Sandy Murman. Local politics tend to be focused on issues such as education, public safety, transportation and economic development with an emphasis on supporting local businesses.
The political climate in Zip 33549 (Lutz, FL) is leaning liberal.
Hillsborough County, FL is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, FL 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 45.8%.
Hillsborough county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33549 (Lutz, FL) is leaning liberal.
Lutz, Florida is leaning liberal.
Hillsborough 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.
Lutz, Florida: r r 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 33549 (Lutz)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 831 contributions totaling $78,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $99,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $562 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)