Palm Harbor, FL, located in the Tampa Bay area, is a vibrant community of approximately 60,000 people. Politically, this area is represented by a number of different representatives from both local and state government. The county-level representation for Palm Harbor is comprised of three County Commissioners and one Clerk of the Circuit Court. Additionally, the City Council is composed of five publicly elected representatives who help shape policies that affect the citizens of Palm Harbor. At the state level, Palm Harbor's representative to the Florida Senate is Jeff Brandes and its state representative is Chris Sprowls. Issues important to this region include infrastructure improvements such as better public transportation and increased access to public parks and other recreational facilities. Additionally, there are many individuals currently running for office in various capacities throughout 34681 Palm Harbor – though their names are not included here – which will influence future changes in how this city runs and provides services to its constituents.
The political climate in Zip 34681 (Palm Harbor, FL) is leaning conservative.
Pinellas County, FL is leaning liberal. In Pinellas County, FL 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pinellas county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 49.2%.
Pinellas county flipped Democratic in most recent Presidential election (2016 and 2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 34681 (Palm Harbor, FL) is leaning conservative.
Palm Harbor, Florida is leaning conservative.
Pinellas 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.
Palm Harbor, Florida: d r d d r 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 34681 (Palm Harbor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $24,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $14,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)