The city of 33556 Keystone, FL has an active and engaged political environment. The local government is composed of a mayor and five elected city council members who represent the diverse interests of the community. Every two years, citizens have the opportunity to vote for the mayoral candidate of their choice as well as five candidates to serve on city council. The candidates all come from different backgrounds, but share a common goal of representing the voice of Keystone's citizenry. Local initiatives are often voted on in elections as well, giving residents a powerful say in how their town is run. With such an involved and passionate political atmosphere, 33556 Keystone, FL is an exemplary example of democracy in action.
The political climate in Zip 33556 (Keystone, FL) is leaning conservative.
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 33556 (Keystone, FL) is leaning conservative.
Keystone, Florida is leaning conservative.
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.
Keystone, 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 33556 (Keystone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,786 contributions totaling $273,277 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 659 contributions totaling $351,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)