The politics in 33616 Tampa, FL are constantly changing. With a population of over 400,000 people, the local political scene in this area is highly diverse and dynamic. Each election cycle brings new faces to the city council and county commission. These representatives come from different backgrounds and have their unique perspectives on how they want to help improve the city of Tampa. In addition to local elections, the residents of 33616 Tampa often vote on various state and national issues that have an impact on their lives. As such, there is always something interesting happening politically within this zip code and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 33616 (Tampa, FL) is leaning 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 33616 (Tampa, FL) is leaning liberal.
Tampa, Florida is leaning 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 33616 (Tampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $25,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $28,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)