Garland, TX is a large city located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area of Texas. The city has a diverse and vibrant political climate that includes members of both major political parties and many other organizations. In the local elections, voters can choose from an extensive list of candidates running for mayor, city council members, and other offices. The city prides itself on being open to different voices and perspectives, while still upholding its core values of justice, fairness, and transparency in its governing process. Candidate debates are regularly held before the election season kicks off to give all candidates the opportunity to discuss their platforms with voters and answer questions about their vision for Garland's future. Through these debates, residents are able to get a better sense of each candidate's stance on important issues such as public safety, education reform, economic development, transportation infrastructure improvements, job growth initiatives, environmental protection policies, and cultural enrichment programs. With so many engaged residents and passionate candidates vying for office each election cycle, Garland continues to be an interesting place when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Garland, TX is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garland, TX is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly liberal.
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.
Garland, Texas: 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 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 Garland, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,281 contributions totaling $2,437,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,898 contributions totaling $1,737,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)