Allen, TX is a vibrant city located in Collin County with a population of over 100,000 people. The city has a thriving business community and is known as one of the best places to live in Texas. Politically, Allen is largely Republican-leaning. Many prominent Republicans have held office in the city, including Mayor Stevan Rauch, who was elected in 2017 and is currently serving his second term. Local politics are highly contested and competitive, with many candidates running for political office each year. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and crime are some of the most important topics discussed by local politicians. In addition to federal elections, local elections are held every two years to determine the mayor and members of the City Council. These elected officials make decisions on behalf of their constituents to ensure that Allen remains an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Allen, TX is somewhat conservative.
Collin County, TX is leaning conservative. In Collin County, TX 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collin county remained Republican, 51.3% to 46.9%.
Collin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Allen, TX is somewhat conservative.
Collin County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas 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.
Allen, Texas: R R R R R r
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Allen, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,415 contributions totaling $912,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,876 contributions totaling $528,899 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)