Tampa, FL 33610 is home to a diverse population that is deeply engaged in local politics. Many citizens attend town hall meetings to voice their opinions and provide input on decisions that will affect their community. Political candidates run for local offices with the intent of advocating for constituents’ needs and creating positive change. These candidates come from all walks of life and represent the diversity of the area. They come from various backgrounds such as business, law, medicine, and many other fields. In addition to local officials, Tampa residents are actively involved in state and national politics by engaging in discussions or voting in elections. Tampa’s political landscape is constantly evolving but always encourages participation from its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 33610 (Tampa, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Hillsborough County, FL is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, FL 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 45.8%.
Hillsborough county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33610 (Tampa, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Tampa, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Hillsborough 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.
Tampa, Florida: r r 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 33610 (Tampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 236 contributions totaling $14,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 335 contributions totaling $340,559 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,017 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)