The city of St. Petersburg, FL, located in zip code 33701, is a diverse and vibrant community. Home to many small businesses, an energetic arts scene, and exciting local attractions, the city's political landscape has also played a major role in its growth and development over the years. The city is represented by members of both major parties at both the local and state level, as well as various third-party candidates. Major issues that come before the city council regularly include public safety initiatives, economic development programs, infrastructure improvements in aging neighborhoods, environmental sustainability efforts and more. In addition to these topics, the City Council is also responsible for setting policy on a wide range of issues such as land use regulations, tax rates and other related matters. Residents are encouraged to stay informed about local candidates running for office in order to make their voices heard throughout the political process.
The political climate in Zip 33701 (St. Petersburg, 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 33701 (St. Petersburg, FL) is leaning liberal.
St. Petersburg, 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.
St. Petersburg, 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 33701 (St. Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,357 contributions totaling $786,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 727 contributions totaling $2,048,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,818 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)