Opa-locka, Florida located in Miami-Dade County is a small municipality of roughly 16,000 residents. The local politics center around the decisions made by Mayor Matthew Pigatt and the City Council members. Recently, the city has been engaged in comprehensive redevelopment plans to increase economic and social opportunities for all citizens. Mayor Pigatt has been a champion of fiscal responsibility and economic development initiatives that have led to increased job opportunities for local residents. Additionally, he has worked tirelessly on improving infrastructure throughout the city including public safety, transportation systems and park facilities. All of these efforts aim at creating a more vibrant and diverse community for all to enjoy. The City Council works hand in hand with Mayor Pigatt in order to develop initiatives which will benefit all constituents while also being mindful of the financial limitations they are faced with on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 33054 (Opa-locka, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, FL is leaning liberal. In Miami-Dade County, FL 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami-Dade county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Miami-Dade county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33054 (Opa-locka, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Opa-locka, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Dade County, Florida is leaning 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.
Opa-locka, 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 33054 (Opa-locka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $38,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $74,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)