The politics in 76013 Arlington, TX are dominated by the two major political parties. The city is currently represented in Congress by Republican Congressman Ron Wright and the Texas Senate by Senator Beverly Powell from the Democratic Party. Arlington is also home to many local elected officials, including Mayor Jeff Williams, all of whom serve in nonpartisan roles. On the local level, citizens of Arlington participate in elections for county commissioners, school board trustees and other positions that help guide the city’s future. Voters are becoming increasingly aware of their local government and have recently made their voices heard on key issues such as transportation infrastructure and economic development. In recent years there has been a surge in voter participation during elections, an indication that citizens are engaged in their community’s political process.
The political climate in Zip 76013 (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 76013 (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 76013 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,088 contributions totaling $134,897 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 726 contributions totaling $115,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)