Seffner, FL is a small town located in Hillsborough County and is home to just over 8,000 people. The politics in this area reflect the conservative nature of Florida as a whole. The City of Seffner is run by an elected mayor and four council members who are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents. Local elections tend to be dominated by Republican candidates, but there have been some Democratic challengers in recent years. Issues such as taxes, public safety, and economic growth are typically at the forefront of local political discourse. Despite its smaller population size, Seffner still plays a major role in state-level decisions due to its location near many important cities throughout the Tampa Bay Area.
The political climate in Zip 33584 (Seffner, FL) is leaning 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 33584 (Seffner, FL) is leaning liberal.
Seffner, Florida is leaning 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.
Seffner, 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 33584 (Seffner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 374 contributions totaling $36,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $22,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)