The 76002 zip code in Arlington, Texas is located near several major highways, including I-30 and Highway 287. This zip code encompasses a variety of neighborhoods that are home to young professionals, families, college students, and retirees. It offers many amenities for residents, including local parks, restaurants, and shops. The area is served by a number of municipal services such as police and fire departments. Politically speaking, the 76002 zip code is part of the District 6 congressional district in Texas. This district is represented by Joe Barton in the U.S. House of Representatives and John Cornyn in the U.S. Senate. At the local level, elections for mayor and city council take place every two years with seven members representing single-member districts across Arlington's five districts.
The political climate in Zip 76002 (Arlington, 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
Zip 76002 (Arlington, TX) is leaning conservative.
Arlington, Texas 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.
Arlington, 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 zip 76002 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 523 contributions totaling $28,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $20,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)