The politics of 33703 St. Petersburg, FL are dominated by the city council and local government officials. The city council is an official body composed of seven members elected by the people of St. Petersburg to serve four-year terms. The city council is responsible for setting policies and laws for the area and appointing individuals to various government positions, such as mayor, city attorney, and police chief. Additionally, it passes legislation on a variety of topics, including zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, environmental protection ordinances, and economic initiatives. Local elections are held every four years to select the mayor and the members of the city council. Members of the community can participate in these elections by registering to vote and casting their ballots on election day.
The political climate in Zip 33703 (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 33703 (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 33703 (St. Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,414 contributions totaling $197,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $160,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)