The politics in 33567 Plant City, FL are reflective of the city itself - a diverse and vibrant area with a deep sense of community. Plant City is part of the larger Hillsborough County, which has an active political landscape, with many local candidates vying for elected positions at both the county and state level. Local issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and educational opportunities all feature prominently in government campaigns. In addition to electing representatives to serve on their local school board and county commissioners, residents also have the opportunity to elect representatives to serve in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate. Plant City is also home to numerous civic groups who actively participate in local elections by endorsing candidates and advocating for important issues that impact all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 33567 (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 33567 (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 33567 (Plant City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $8,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $26,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)