The politics of Harker Heights, TX are heavily influenced by the city's rich history and local culture. The city’s mayor is Robert J. Mullen, Jr., who was elected in 2017 and has been re-elected for a third term in 2021. At the state level, Texas is represented by Senator Charles Schwertner and Representative Brad Buckley. Locally, Harker Heights has numerous organizations that are dedicated to preserving local history and promoting civic engagement, such as the League of Women Voters of Bell County and the Bell County Democratic Club. Additionally, the city holds regular town hall meetings to inform its residents about current events and offer a platform for citizens to voice their opinions on local politics. Overall, Harker Heights is an engaged community that values its heritage and makes sure to have its voice heard both locally and throughout Texas.
The political climate in Harker Heights, TX is leaning conservative.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harker Heights, TX is leaning conservative.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Harker Heights, 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 Harker Heights, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,198 contributions totaling $154,029 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,705 contributions totaling $302,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)