Hutchins, TX is a small city located in Dallas County. It is known for its strong sense of community and excellent schools. The local government in Hutchins, TX is run by a mayor-council form of government with the current mayor being Mark Barr. In Hutchins, citizens are able to have their voices heard by attending city council meetings and participating in various committees. Local elections take place every two years to determine who will be in charge of the city's various departments and services. Issues that are discussed at these meetings include the budget, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and more. All citizens over the age of 18 can vote in local elections and participate in decision-making processes within the city.
The political climate in Hutchins, 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
Hutchins, TX 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.
Hutchins, 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 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 Hutchins, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 389 contributions totaling $10,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $7,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)