The politics in Plant City, FL 33566 are largely driven by the same issues that shape local politics across the country. These include education, healthcare, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. The citizens of Plant City advocate for their needs through a variety of means: voting in elections, participating in community forums and meetings, attending city council meetings and raising awareness with their friends and neighbors. Local political candidates running for office often discuss these issues to engage with constituents in meaningful dialogue. Plant City residents have a great deal of passion for their city and they make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box every election.
The political climate in Zip 33566 (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 33566 (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 33566 (Plant City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 612 contributions totaling $26,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $96,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)