Politics in 76017 Arlington, TX are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The area is represented by three state representatives: Steve Allison (R-HD105), Tony Tinderholt (R-HD94), and Matt Krause (R-HD93). The district is also served by two senators, Senator Jane Nelson (R-SD12) and Senator Konni Burton (R-SD10). Local elections for the Texas House of Representatives are held every two years, and Texas Senate elections are held every four years. On the federal level, Congressman Ron Wright (R) serves as the representative for Texas's 6th congressional district. While politics in 76017 Arlington, TX may be largely dominated by one party, diverse opinions and backgrounds exist in the community and there are opportunities for citizens to get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 76017 (Arlington, TX) is leaning liberal.
Tarrant County, TX is leaning liberal. In Tarrant County, TX 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tarrant county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.3% to 49.1%.
Tarrant county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76017 (Arlington, TX) is leaning liberal.
Arlington, Texas is leaning liberal.
Tarrant County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Arlington, Texas: R R R R r 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 76017 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,768 contributions totaling $118,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $239,237 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)