Williamson County, Texas is located in the south-central part of the state. It has long been a conservative stronghold in the Lone Star State and is currently governed by Republican leadership. Local politics in Williamson County mainly focus on issues such as taxation, education, economic development, and health care. Many local candidates present their platforms based on these issues and strive to address them at both a countywide level and from their individual districts. Political candidates in Williamson County come from all walks of life including business owners, teachers, veterans, and those with years of public service experience. In addition to aiming for good governance through policy reform initiatives, these candidates also strive to ensure that local citizens are well informed about political events and have access to resources they need to stay engaged with their community.
The political climate in Williamson County, TX is leaning liberal.
In Williamson County, TX 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.2%.
Williamson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamson County, TX is leaning liberal.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Williamson, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Williamson County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,211 contributions totaling $1,944,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,836 contributions totaling $1,799,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)