The city of 76016 Arlington, TX is a vibrant and diverse community with a wide variety of political opinions and candidates. The political landscape in the area includes both national and local politics. Locally, there are many elected officials including state representatives, county commissioners, judges, mayors, school board members and more. In addition to these locally elected officials, there are also numerous political groups that are dedicated to promoting certain policies in the region. At the national level, Arlington residents have a diverse representation of congressional representatives from both major parties. All of these representatives work to bring their constituents' voices into discussion on important issues facing the nation as well as their local communities. With so many different voices in this area, it can be difficult for any one individual or group to dominate the conversation completely but it does ensure that all views are considered before a decision is made.
The political climate in Zip 76016 (Arlington, TX) is leaning conservative.
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 76016 (Arlington, TX) is leaning conservative.
Arlington, Texas is leaning conservative.
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 76016 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,039 contributions totaling $152,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,182 contributions totaling $290,870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)