Little Elm, TX is an affluent suburban town located in Denton County with a population of nearly 40,000 residents. The town has a rich history and vibrant political atmosphere. The local government is led by a mayor and five council members who are all elected at-large every two years. The current mayor is Stephen Terrell and the five council members are David Welch, Mark Browning, Mark Miller, Lindsey McGrady and Melissa Derrick. Little Elm prides itself on its commitment to citizen involvement in local government and encourages residents to seek out opportunities to get involved, from attending city council meetings to engaging with their elected officials on social media. Residents can find out more information about upcoming elections and city issues from the town's website or by contacting their City Hall.
The political climate in Little Elm, TX is somewhat 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
Little Elm, TX is somewhat 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.
Little Elm, 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 Little Elm, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,355 contributions totaling $1,195,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,153 contributions totaling $1,483,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)