The politics in 33813 Lakeland Highlands, FL are heavily influenced by local and state governments. The city is represented by two members of the Florida House of Representatives, Ardian Zika and Colleen Burton. They both serve as advocates for the local community, pushing for legislation that benefits the people of 33813 Lakeland Highlands. Local elections take place every four years when residents can choose a mayor, two councilmembers, and one commissioner to lead their government. These elected officials set policy, approve budgets, and create laws to ensure that citizens are safe and their needs are met. Additionally, many local organizations like the Chamber of Commerce actively work to promote economic development and job growth within the area. This helps keep 33813 Lakeland Highlands an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 33813 (Lakeland Highlands, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, FL is somewhat conservative. In Polk County, FL 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 42.2%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33813 (Lakeland Highlands, FL) is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland Highlands, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Polk County, Florida is somewhat conservative.
Lakeland-Winter Haven Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lakeland Highlands, Florida: r R r r R R
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 33813 (Lakeland Highlands)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,297 contributions totaling $190,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 764 contributions totaling $771,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,010 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)