Politics in 33781 Pinellas Park, FL is mainly focused on the local elections. The city of Pinellas Park has a mayor-council system with an elected Mayor and six members of the City Council. All candidates for these positions must be registered to vote within the city limits of Pinellas Park and must have been a resident in the state of Florida for at least one year prior to filing as a candidate. This year, the Mayor's position is up for election and four seats on the City Council are also open. The election will take place in August and all residents of 33781 Pinellas Park are encouraged to participate to ensure their voices are heard and their needs addressed.
The political climate in Zip 33781 (Pinellas Park, 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 33781 (Pinellas Park, FL) is leaning liberal.
Pinellas Park, 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.
Pinellas Park, 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 33781 (Pinellas Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $26,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $25,986 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)