Tampa, FL 33647 is located in Hillsborough County, a county with a population of over 1.4 million people. It is governed by an elected Board of County Commissioners and a professional county administrator. The current Mayor of Tampa is Jane Castor, who was elected in 2019. Tampa has a city council made up of seven members who are each elected from one of the seven districts within the city. The council sets policy for the city and works together to ensure that all citizens have access to quality resources and services. Additionally, Tampa has representatives at the state level and in Congress who work on behalf of their constituents to address local issues such as infrastructure, education, healthcare, and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 33647 (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 33647 (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 33647 (Tampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,582 contributions totaling $233,788 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 625 contributions totaling $200,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)