The 33154 Surfside, FL area is a vibrant and diverse community. It is home to a wide variety of people from different backgrounds and perspectives. Politically, the community is generally progressive and values civil rights, environmental protection, and social justice. In recent years, local politics have been dominated by issues such as climate change, gun control, public education funding, healthcare reform, immigration reform, and economic development. Various candidates have been running for office in the past few cycles to represent the interests of Surfside residents. These include individuals from both major parties as well as a number of independents who are vying for votes in order to implement their platforms. Whomever is elected will be tasked with advocating for the needs of this unique community and putting forth policies that will benefit all its citizens in the future.
The political climate in Zip 33154 (Surfside, 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 33154 (Surfside, FL) is leaning liberal.
Surfside, 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.
Surfside, 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 33154 (Surfside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,621 contributions totaling $963,955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,154 contributions totaling $2,003,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,736 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)