Pflugerville, TX is a small town in the state of Texas with a population of around 58,000 people. Located in Travis County and situated approximately 20 miles northeast of Austin, the cities political landscape is largely influenced by its proximity to the state capital.
The city's mayor has been Victor Gonzales since 2018 and currently serves as the head of the six member City Council that governs Pflugerville. The city maintains an open policy for citizens to engage with their elected officials and attend regular council meetings. Additionally, all major decisions from budgets to keeping streets safe are voted on by elected representatives that serve on the City Council. It is important for residents to stay informed about their local politics because these officials have direct influence on quality of life within the community.
The political climate in Pflugerville, TX is moderately liberal.
Travis County, TX is very liberal. In Travis County, TX 71.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Travis county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.4% to 26.4%.
Travis county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pflugerville, TX is moderately liberal.
Travis County, Texas is very liberal.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pflugerville, Texas: r D 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 Pflugerville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,573 contributions totaling $622,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,013 contributions totaling $425,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)