Palm River-Clair Mel, FL is a part of Hillsborough County and falls into the 13th congressional district. Politically, Palm River-Clair Mel is known to be a Democrat majority district, with notable politicians like Kathy Castor representing it in Congress. Furthermore, most of the local politics in this area are led by Democrats and center around progressive and liberal values. Local candidates have focused on topics like increasing funding for public education, raising the minimum wage, addressing climate change initiatives, improving healthcare access for all citizens, and implementing criminal justice reform measures. The community also has numerous civic organizations advocating for these issues and more. All in all, Palm River-Clair Mel has a very politically active community that is dedicated to improving the lives of those living within its boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 33619 (Palm River-Clair Mel, FL) is somewhat liberal.
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 33619 (Palm River-Clair Mel, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida is somewhat liberal.
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.
Palm River-Clair Mel, 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 33619 (Palm River-Clair Mel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 290 contributions totaling $37,081 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $425,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,745 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)