McLennan County, Texas is an area with a strong political landscape. Politically, the county is dominated by Republicans, who hold a majority of elected positions, including in the state House of Representatives and Senate. In recent years, McLennan County has seen a significant amount of investment from local businesses and organizations. The county government works closely with these entities to ensure they are best serving the needs of the community. Local issues such as economic growth and education are well addressed by local politicians who understand the unique needs of their constituents. Additionally, many initiatives that will benefit the entire county have been implemented or planned for implementation in recent years. With this kind of commitment to community development from its leaders, it's no wonder McLennan County remains an attractive option for those looking to make their home in Central Texas.
The political climate in McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative.
In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly 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.
McLennan, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 McLennan County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,398 contributions totaling $901,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,169 contributions totaling $816,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)