Lorena, TX is a small rural city located in McLennan County, Texas. It has a population of around 3,000 people and is governed by an elected mayor and five city council members. The local political landscape in Lorena is shaped by the values of the local community, who want to maintain the small-town atmosphere and promote development that will benefit local businesses and residents. In recent years there has been an emphasis on improving infrastructure, creating new jobs and increasing public safety. The local government is committed to preserving Lorena's unique place in Texas history while also ensuring it remains a great place to live and work for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 76655 (Lorena, TX) is moderately conservative.
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative. In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76655 (Lorena, TX) is moderately conservative.
Lorena, Texas is moderately conservative.
McLennan County, Texas is moderately conservative.
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.
Lorena, 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 76655 (Lorena)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $5,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $24,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)