Temple Terrace, FL, located in Hillsborough County, has a strong local political presence. City government is headed by the Mayor and four council members who are elected on a nonpartisan basis. The current mayor is Bob Buckhorn and the four council members include Kathryn Starkey, Robert A. Platt, Jack Chiaramonte, and Larry Goldberg. Temple Terrace also has its own Municipal Service District with its own board of directors. This board serves to oversee important decisions relating to public safety, recreation facilities and services, streetscape improvements, beautification efforts, and other programs throughout the city. In addition to these boards and other city government offices in Temple Terrace, residents can also get involved in politics through their local political parties such as the Democratic Party or Republican Party of Hillsborough County. By engaging in local politics in this way residents have the opportunity to help shape Temple Terrace's future for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 33617 (Temple Terrace, 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 33617 (Temple Terrace, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Temple Terrace, 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.
Temple Terrace, 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 33617 (Temple Terrace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,042 contributions totaling $220,489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 366 contributions totaling $52,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)