Killeen, Texas is located in Central Texas and is home to Fort Hood, making it a major military center. As part of the metropolitan area of Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, local politics are largely influenced by the presence of the military and the diverse populations which have come to settle in the city as a result. The mayor of Killeen is Jose Segarra, who has been elected twice as mayor, and both times received more than 50% of votes cast. Local elections are held each May for City Council with 5 districts that each elect representatives to serve two year terms. Voter turnout for local elections in Killeen is typically low due to a lack of interest or awareness about what happens on a local level. It’s important for citizens to educate themselves on local politics so they can make an informed decision when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Killeen, TX is leaning liberal.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Killeen, TX is leaning liberal.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Killeen, 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 Killeen, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,665 contributions totaling $297,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,596 contributions totaling $507,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)