The city of Lakeway, TX is a small town located in the Texas Hill Country. The town is known for its laid-back lifestyle, stunning view of Lake Travis and access to recreational activities. Politically, the city of Lakeway is represented at the state level by Republican Representative Candy Noble and Senator Dawn Buckingham. At the county level, Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell and Commissioner Cynthia Long represent the town. Lakeway also has an active local government that includes Mayor Sandy Cox and five City Council Members, all of whom are elected by residents to serve four-year terms. The City Council meets regularly to discuss matters such as budgets, economic development, public safety initiatives and quality of life issues for citizens. All decisions are subject to voter approval during municipal elections which occur every May.
The political climate in Lakeway, TX is somewhat liberal.
Travis County, TX is very liberal. In Travis County, TX 71.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Travis county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.4% to 26.4%.
Travis county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lakeway, TX is somewhat liberal.
Travis County, Texas is very 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.
Lakeway, Texas: r D 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 Lakeway, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,679 contributions totaling $826,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,112 contributions totaling $2,957,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $951 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)