The politics in 33187 Richmond West, FL are largely influenced by the local and state governments. This city is represented at the local level by a single member of the Miami-Dade County Commission. The County Commissioner is elected every four years and oversees the various departments that make up the county’s government. At the state level, 33187 Richmond West, FL is part of Florida's 26th district in both the state House and Senate. Members of both legislative bodies are elected every two years, and these representatives have control over what laws are passed in their respective chambers. Both groups of representatives work together on certain issues in order to pass legislation that affects all citizens living in this district.
The political climate in Zip 33187 (Richmond West, FL) is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33187 (Richmond West, FL) is leaning liberal.
Richmond West, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Richmond West, Florida: d d 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 33187 (Richmond West)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $72,723 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $43,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $732 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)