Wylie, Texas is a suburb located just northeast of Dallas in Collin County. It is home to an estimated population of 48,000 and is known for its small-town charm and quality of life. Politics are important to the residents of Wylie, as evidenced by the numerous local political candidates running for office each election cycle. Local candidates from both major parties campaign hard to promote their platforms and gain support from their constituents. Issues such as taxes, education funding, health care, transportation infrastructure, economic development and environmental conservation are always at the forefront of debates during election season in Wylie. The town's various civic groups also work hard to ensure that the voice of citizens is heard in all political matters pertaining to Wylie.
The political climate in Wylie, TX is somewhat 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
Wylie, TX is somewhat 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.
Wylie, 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 Wylie, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,674 contributions totaling $326,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,590 contributions totaling $497,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)