The politics in 33620 Tampa, FL are heavily influenced by the local government and their representatives. There are currently two major political parties in the area: Republican and Democratic. The local City Council is composed of nine members, with each party having representation in equal numbers. The current Mayor of Tampa is Jane Castor, who was elected to her position in 2019. Additionally, there are a number of state representatives and senators from the area that have been serving since 2018. These representatives work to ensure that the needs of their constituents are heard and addressed on a regular basis. Furthermore, there is also an active citizenry that participates in local elections to ensure that their voices are being heard when it comes to making decisions about how their city should be run.
The political climate in Zip 33620 (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 33620 (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 33620 (Tampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $1,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)