Rockwall, TX is a city located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. It has a rich history of community involvement and is home to an incredibly engaged citizenry who are passionate about their local politics. The current mayor of Rockwall is Jim Pruitt, who was elected in 2017 and serves as the City Council’s President. The City Council consists of eight members who are elected by the citizens of Rockwall. These officials work hard to make sure that all residents have a voice in local government and to ensure that the city’s best interests are met. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, Rockwall has several other political entities which include the Board of Adjustment, Planning & Zoning Commission, Historic Preservation Board and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Board. All these boards meet regularly to discuss activities related to zoning ordinances, community development projects, budgeting decisions and much more. Through its many avenues of political engagement, Rockwall is able to keep its citizens informed and involved in all aspects of their local government.
The political climate in Rockwall, TX is strongly conservative.
Rockwall County, TX is very conservative. In Rockwall County, TX 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockwall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.5%.
Rockwall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockwall, TX is strongly conservative.
Rockwall County, Texas is very 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.
Rockwall, 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 Rockwall, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,951 contributions totaling $857,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,804 contributions totaling $2,148,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)