Arlington, Texas is a vibrant city steeped in political history and activity. With a population of over 400,000 people, Arlington has the second-highest population in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The city is divided into single-member districts for municipal elections, with local political candidates running to represent their area's interests. The mayor and six city council members are elected to serve a two-year term, each representing one district. These elected representatives strive to serve the public by making decisions about issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development projects, and educational services. The City Council meets three times each month to discuss and debate policy matters affecting all of Arlington's citizens. In addition, there are numerous civic organizations that work to ensure that citizens have access to important information about local politics and can become more involved in shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Arlington, TX is leaning liberal.
Tarrant County, TX is leaning liberal. In Tarrant County, TX 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tarrant county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.3% to 49.1%.
Tarrant county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, TX is leaning liberal.
Tarrant County, Texas is leaning 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.
Arlington, Texas: R R R R r 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 Arlington, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,731 contributions totaling $1,263,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,157 contributions totaling $3,034,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)