Politics in 33407 West Palm Beach, FL are very important to the community as they shape policy and legislation that impacts residents on a daily basis. On the local level, several city council members are elected to represent the area in city government meetings and decisions. The mayor is also an elected official and heads up all of the local government proceedings. From here, representatives move to state legislative bodies like the Florida Senate and House of Representatives to create laws on a larger scale. Federal officials such as US Senators and Congresspeople are also present to represent the 33407 West Palm Beach area at a national level. All of these politicians work together with input from citizens in order to make decisions that work for everyone in our community.
The political climate in Zip 33407 (West Palm Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33407 (West Palm Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
West Palm Beach, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
West Palm Beach, Florida: D D 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 33407 (West Palm Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,192 contributions totaling $238,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $264,736 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,753 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)