The Abilene, TX Metro Area is an urban and suburban area located in the Texas Hill Country. It has a rich political landscape that is shaped by both local and state-level politics. Locally, the Abilene City Council is responsible for passing legislation related to public safety, development, and infrastructure. The Abilene Mayor serves as the head of the city government and presides over City Council meetings. At the state level, Abilene's representation consists of two representatives and one senator in the Texas State Legislature. These elected officials are responsible for developing laws related to education, healthcare, civil rights, and economic regulation. All three state representatives are Republicans while the mayor of Abilene is a Democrat. The political atmosphere in Abilene remains competitive with both parties striving to ensure they represent their constituents' interests effectively.
The political climate in Abilene Metro Area is very conservative.
In Abilene Metro Area 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Abilene metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.8%.
The Abilene metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Abilene Metro Area is very 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.
Abilene, 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 Abilene Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,823 contributions totaling $177,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,712 contributions totaling $1,014,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)