New Port Richey, FL is a small city located in Pasco County, about 25 miles from Tampa. The city's population is estimated to be around 17,000 people according to the most recent census. New Port Richey has its own local government with Mayor Rob Marlowe and City Council members Kim Berfield, Jeff Starkey, Jeffrey Cretan, Bill Phillips, Phil Abts and Paul Russell serving the residents of 34655. The council meets regularly to discuss important issues that affect the community such as city services, infrastructure projects and budgets. Residents of New Port Richey are highly involved in local politics and take part in town hall meetings to provide input on important decisions. Additionally, the city holds several elections each year for key positions such as Mayor and City Council members which are heavily contested by many qualified candidates.
The political climate in Zip 34655 (New Port Richey, FL) is moderately conservative.
Pasco County, FL is moderately conservative. In Pasco County, FL 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pasco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.4% to 39.3%.
Pasco county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34655 (New Port Richey, FL) is moderately conservative.
New Port Richey, Florida is moderately conservative.
Pasco County, Florida is moderately conservative.
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.
New Port Richey, Florida: d 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 34655 (New Port Richey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 611 contributions totaling $60,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 399 contributions totaling $123,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)