The Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area is the home base for several prominent political figures and issues. With a population of more than 2 million people, it is no surprise that politics are a major focus in the community. From local elections to statewide races, Austin-Round Rock residents have an opportunity to share their voice and concerns as they participate in the democratic process. The area is often seen as a battleground for Texas Democrats and Republicans due to its mix of suburban and urban voters. Local politicians tend to focus on topics such as economic development, education reform, transportation expansion, social services, health care reform, environmental concerns, and public safety. This combination of issues makes the Austin-Round Rock area a key location for political campaigns at all levels. As more people move into this rapidly growing metro area each year, citizens can expect to continue to have a strong influence on politics in the region for years to come.
The political climate in Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area 62.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Austin-Round Rock metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.1% to 35.8%.
The Austin-Round Rock metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, Texas: R r 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 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 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214,492 contributions totaling $30,695,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36,572 contributions totaling $18,300,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)