The politics of 33417 West Palm Beach, FL are quite representative of the entire state. The area is represented in the Florida House of Representatives by Bobby Powell Jr., and in the Senate by Linda Stewart. On the national level, both members of Congress that represent this area are democrats: Lois Frankel for Florida's 21st district and Alcee Hastings in the 22nd district. In terms of local politics, West Palm Beach is governed by a mayor-council system with current Mayor Keith James leading the way. He is joined by seven other council members who help to oversee city operations and pass legislation that affects residents of 33417 West Palm Beach. Additionally, there are two county commissioners who ensure all citizens in this region have access to resources such as healthcare and education. Overall, politics in 33417 West Palm Beach have a positive outlook towards progress and helping people thrive in their community.
The political climate in Zip 33417 (West Palm Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33417 (West Palm Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
West Palm Beach, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat 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.
West Palm Beach, 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 33417 (West Palm Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 608 contributions totaling $28,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 229 contributions totaling $20,184 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)