Valrico, Florida is a small suburb located in Hillsborough County. It is home to a diverse population of around 35,000 people, and is just 15 miles from downtown Tampa. Politically, residents of Valrico are represented by the County Commission and the Florida House of Representatives. Hillsborough County has nine board members representing districts that include Valrico. The current representative for Valrico is Stacy White, who was re-elected in 2016. In addition to the county and state legislative representatives, there are numerous local government bodies such as City Councils and special district boards that serve unique needs in the area. These local government bodies are vital because they provide citizens with access to their elected officials and allow them to be directly involved in making decisions about their community’s future. Residents of Valrico can get involved in politics by attending public meetings or participating in local elections where they can help decide who will represent them on issues such as health care, infrastructure projects, education initiatives, and more.
The political climate in Zip 33594 (Valrico, 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 33594 (Valrico, FL) is leaning liberal.
Valrico, 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.
Valrico, 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 33594 (Valrico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 628 contributions totaling $48,662 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $51,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)