Palm Harbor in 34684 is a small city located in Pinellas County, Florida. Its politics are led by the mayor and five city council members that are elected by residents every two years. Currently, these positions are held by Mayor Peter Eisman and Council Members Joanne Lentino Apostolou, Joe Barkley, Deborah Kynes, Dave Eggers and John Hagen. These council members focus on issues such as economic development and quality of life for all citizens. They also look to support local businesses, public safety initiatives, and environmental sustainability. The city council works closely with local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce to ensure that Palm Harbor remains an attractive place to live for both residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Zip 34684 (Palm Harbor, 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 34684 (Palm Harbor, FL) is leaning liberal.
Palm Harbor, 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.
Palm Harbor, 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 34684 (Palm Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,270 contributions totaling $141,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 531 contributions totaling $185,094 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)