The city of Richardson in Texas is part of the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area, and as such, enjoys a number of benefits due to its proximity to big cities. It is home to many large businesses, such as the University of Texas at Dallas and State Farm Insurance. The politics in 75080 Richardson, TX are largely influenced by the state legislature, as well as local political candidates from both major parties. Local elections for mayor, city councilmembers, school board members, county judges, and other officials all take place in Richardson each year. While the majority of Richardson residents are registered with either the Democratic or Republican party, there are also a number of independent voters that play an important role in local elections. As such, it is important for potential political candidates to recognize the diversity within the community and work to reach out to all members no matter their political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 75080 (Richardson, 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
Zip 75080 (Richardson, TX) is moderately liberal.
Richardson, Texas 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.
Richardson, 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 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 zip 75080 (Richardson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,768 contributions totaling $261,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,093 contributions totaling $334,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)