The city of Arlington, TX (76012) is part of the larger Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area and is a large and diverse community. The politics in Arlington are largely run by the City Council, which consists of eight members who are elected to two-year terms in staggered elections. The Mayor serves as the head of the City Council and is also elected to a two-year term. Issues that are addressed by the council include services such as police and fire protection, garbage collection, economic development, transportation planning, zoning regulations, parks and recreation, public health issues, library services and more. The city also works to improve quality of life for all residents through initiatives such as neighborhood safety projects and programs that provide assistance to disabled citizens. All political decisions are made based on input from local businesses, organizations such as churches or schools, non-profits groups like charities, community leaders and residents themselves.
The political climate in Zip 76012 (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 76012 (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 76012 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,015 contributions totaling $103,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 708 contributions totaling $146,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)