St. Petersburg, FL 33702 is a vibrant city full of history and culture. The city is governed by Mayor Rick Kriseman who was elected in 2014 and reelected in 2017. Along with the Mayor, the City Council consists of eight members, each elected from one of the city’s eight wards. They are responsible for setting policy and overseeing the operations of municipal government and its services to the residents. The city is also served by six state legislative representatives: Senator Janet Cruz (D), Representatives Ben Diamond (D), Wengay Newton (D), Bill Heller (R), Margaret Good (D), and Fentrice Driskell (D). These representatives have been actively fighting for issues important to St. Petersburg's residents such as healthcare access, criminal justice reform, education funding, environmental protection, and other social justice initiatives. With knowledgeable politicians representing them at every level of government, St. Petersburg citizens can be confident that their voices will be heard and their needs addressed.
The political climate in Zip 33702 (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 33702 (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 33702 (St. Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,059 contributions totaling $70,380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $210,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $853 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)