Denton, TX is an active community with many residents who are passionate about politics and participate in the local political process. The city has a mayor-council form of government, which consists of seven members on the council representing each ward in Denton. Mayor Chris Watts is the leader of the Denton City Council, and he plays an important role in setting legislation that affects all citizens. Additionally, there is an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard by voting for local candidates they support in municipal elections. With plenty of opportunities to get involved, Dentonites have a chance to make a difference in their own backyard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Denton, TX is leaning liberal.
Denton County, TX is leaning conservative. In Denton County, TX 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denton county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Denton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Denton, TX is leaning liberal.
Denton 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.
Denton, 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 Denton, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,242 contributions totaling $923,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,393 contributions totaling $2,684,832 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)