Lake Dallas, TX is a small city located in Denton County with a population of just over 7,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor and five-member city council, all of whom are elected by local residents. The mayor and members of the city council play an integral role in shaping the future of Lake Dallas through their decisions on infrastructure projects, zoning laws, public safety policies, and other issues affecting the community. Local residents have the opportunity to participate in the democratic process and have a say in who gets elected to the governing body by voting for candidates during municipal elections held every two years. The candidates vying for these positions are thoroughly vetted by local organizations such as political parties, civic associations, education centers, and even social media outlets to ensure that only qualified individuals are chosen for office. This ensures that Lake Dallas remains well-governed and progressive as it continues to grow.
The political climate in Lake Dallas, TX is leaning conservative.
Denton County, TX is leaning conservative. In Denton County, TX 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denton county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Denton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Dallas, TX is leaning conservative.
Denton 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.
Lake Dallas, 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 Lake Dallas, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 264 contributions totaling $40,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $64,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)