New Port Richey, FL is a city located in Pasco County and is the county seat. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as head of government and the council as the governing body. The council is composed of seven members elected from single-member districts within the city limits. Mayor Rob Marlowe was reelected for his third term in 2020 and has been instrumental in helping to bring economic growth and improve quality of life for New Port Richey residents. Other local political figures include City Councilman Jeff Starling who focuses on environmental policies, City Councilman Bill Phillips who is focused on affordable housing initiatives, and City Councilwoman Amy Finkbeiner who focuses on tourism industry development. All are committed to making New Port Richey a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 34653 (New Port Richey, FL) is somewhat 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 34653 (New Port Richey, FL) is somewhat conservative.
New Port Richey, Florida is somewhat 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 34653 (New Port Richey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 383 contributions totaling $14,036 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $18,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)