The city of Plano, TX (zip code 75074) is located in Collin County and has a population of 286,143, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is home to a thriving business community and has received recognition as one of the best places to live not only in Texas but also in the United States. The political scene in Plano follows local and state trends with conservative values tending to dominate. On the local level, Plano is served by three city council members elected to serve at-large positions and a mayor who serves as presiding officer of the council. The current Mayor of Plano is Harry LaRosiliere, who was reelected in 2019 for his second term after first being elected in 2013. All three members of the City Council have been serving since 2017; Lily Bao, Rick Grady, and Anthony Ricciardelli are all Republicans who focus on maintaining a safe and prosperous living environment for citizens. On a larger scale, Plano’s Congressional representation includes Republican Van Taylor for Texas' 3rd congressional district and Republican Colin Allred for Texas' 32nd congressional district.
The political climate in Zip 75074 (Plano, TX) is leaning conservative.
Collin County, TX is leaning conservative. In Collin County, TX 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collin county remained Republican, 51.3% to 46.9%.
Collin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75074 (Plano, TX) is leaning conservative.
Plano, Texas is leaning conservative.
Collin County, Texas is leaning 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.
Plano, 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 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 75074 (Plano)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,647 contributions totaling $81,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 656 contributions totaling $154,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)