The 33602 Tampa, FL zip code is located in the heart of Tampa and includes a variety of neighborhoods within it. Most notably, it is home to North Hyde Park, which is an affluent area with many historic homes and businesses. It is also home to Downtown Tampa, Ybor City, and other neighborhoods with diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. The city of Tampa is governed by a mayor-council form of government, which means that the Mayor is elected by popular vote to serve as the executive branch of government while the City Council acts as the legislative branch. The current Mayor of Tampa is Jane Castor who was sworn in on May 1st 2019. The City Council consists of 7 members who are elected at large every four years. In addition to local politics, residents of 33602 Tampa have representatives in state and federal government such as U.S Representative Kathy Castor (D) representing Florida’s 14th Congressional District and State Senator Janet Cruz (D) representing District 18 in the Florida Senate.
The political climate in Zip 33602 (Tampa, 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 33602 (Tampa, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Tampa, 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.
Tampa, 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 33602 (Tampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,782 contributions totaling $373,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $1,445,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)