Plant City, FL is a vibrant and historic city located in Hillsborough County. It is known for its iconic Strawberry Festival, which takes place every winter and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world. The city is also home to a diverse population, which includes families from many different backgrounds and cultures. Politically, Plant City has a long history of progressive ideals, with elected officials who are dedicated to representing the interests of their constituents and working towards positive change in the community. Recently, there have been debates over issues such as infrastructure improvements and economic development initiatives. However, with strong local leadership and an engaged electorate, Plant City continues to be a great place to live and work for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 33563 (Plant City, 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 33563 (Plant City, FL) is leaning liberal.
Plant City, 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.
Plant City, 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 33563 (Plant City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $9,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 279 contributions totaling $42,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)