The politics in Lancaster, TX are largely influenced by the local community’s values and beliefs. Issues such as public safety, education, infrastructure and job growth are top priorities for many of the city's residents. The evaluation of candidates for local office is based on their commitment to improve these areas. Mayor Marcus Knight and City Councilman Bob Johnson have both been reelected multiple times and have a long history of serving the people of Lancaster. Mayor Knight is committed to providing quality services and improving the standard of living in the city, while Councilman Johnson is passionate about maintaining strong public safety measures. People in Lancaster take part in numerous political activities throughout the year to ensure their voices are heard and that their representatives make decisions that benefit all citizens.
The political climate in Lancaster, TX is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lancaster, TX is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly 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.
Lancaster, Texas: r r D D D 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 Lancaster, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 630 contributions totaling $18,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $17,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)