The Waco, TX Metro Area is a diverse and vibrant region that has its own unique political landscape. The area is home to several local governments, including the City of Waco, McLennan County, and various school districts. The political makeup of each jurisdiction varies depending on the current local election cycle, though overall the region tends to lean conservative in terms of voting patterns. Beyond local issues, the region is also represented in Congress by Republican Representatives Bill Flores and Kevin Brady. Additionally, the Metro Area contains numerous state representatives from both major political parties that work to represent their constituents’ interests at the state level. Overall, politics in the Waco Area are varied and have an impact on citizens’ quality of life through legislation ranging from economic development to education funding.
The political climate in Waco Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Waco Metro Area 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Waco metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 37.1%.
The Waco metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Waco, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Waco Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,165 contributions totaling $926,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,266 contributions totaling $831,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)