Harker Heights, TX is a small city located in Bell County. It has a population of over 27,000 people and is the second largest city within the county. Politically, Harker Heights leans slightly conservative, with many local residents being active members of the Republican Party. The current mayor is Rob Robinson and there are six City Council positions up for election this November. Many issues facing the city are debated each election cycle, including infrastructure improvements, balanced budgets, and economic growth. Additionally, several state-wide issues such as education funding and healthcare reform are closely monitored by residents living in Harker Heights. Overall, local politics in Harker Heights remain competitive yet cordial among all parties involved.
The political climate in Zip 76548 (Harker Heights, TX) is leaning conservative.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76548 (Harker Heights, TX) is leaning conservative.
Harker Heights, Texas is leaning conservative.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Harker Heights, 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 zip 76548 (Harker Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 733 contributions totaling $31,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $84,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)