Wells Branch, TX is a small city located just North of Austin in the US State of Texas. Politically, Wells Branch can be considered a conservative area, with most locals supporting traditional Republican ideals and values. The city has a strong presence in the Williamson County Republican Party, which focuses on promoting conservative ideals throughout Texas. Residents also actively participate in local elections, with many running for office or volunteering to help get fellow conservatives elected. In recent years, Wells Branch citizens have focused on issues such as economic growth and development, education reform and public safety initiatives. Local political candidates focus their campaigns around these topics in order to gain support from the community. Overall, politics in Wells Branch are an important part of the local culture and identity.
The political climate in Wells Branch, TX is strongly 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
Wells Branch, TX is strongly 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.
Wells Branch, 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 Wells Branch, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,836 contributions totaling $73,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $49,282 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)