Plano, TX is a thriving city with a rich political landscape. It is the 8th-largest city in the state of Texas and has a mayor-council government system where the mayor and six council members are elected to represent their constituents’ interests. The Mayor of Plano is Harry LaRosiliere, who was first elected in 2013 and is currently serving his second term. The City Council consists of Anita M. Phillps, Tom Harrison, Rick Grady, Anthony Ricciardelli, Shelby Williams, and Lily Bao. At both the local and state level, Plano residents have access to a variety of resources designed to keep them informed about current political issues and updates on what their representatives are doing on their behalf. Local media outlets also cover politics extensively so that citizens can stay up to date with what is happening in the city.
The political climate in 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
Plano, TX 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 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 Plano, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26,261 contributions totaling $4,805,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13,378 contributions totaling $29,119,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)