Westlake, TX is a suburb of the Austin area and is known for its beautiful scenery and close-knit community. The politics in Westlake are managed by the local government which includes city council members elected at-large, a mayor, and other appointed officials. Local elections in Westlake are held every two years where citizens can vote for representatives to the City Council. All city councilmembers are devoted to upholding the highest standards of transparency, integrity, leadership and service to their constituency in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for their constituents. They hold regular public meetings where citizens can get involved in any issue that affects them or their families. In addition to voting for local candidates, citizens in Westlake also have an opportunity to voice their opinion on state and national issues by voting every two years in state and federal elections.
The political climate in Westlake, TX is leaning conservative.
Tarrant County, TX is leaning liberal. In Tarrant County, TX 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tarrant county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.3% to 49.1%.
Tarrant county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westlake, TX is leaning conservative.
Tarrant County, Texas is leaning 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.
Westlake, Texas: R R R R r 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 Westlake, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,894 contributions totaling $880,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,039 contributions totaling $6,082,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)