The politics in 78730 Austin, TX are highly active and diverse. The city of Austin is home to a variety of political parties and interests, including the Republican Party, Democratic Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party and various local and independent candidates. There is also a large number of non-partisan organizations that focus on issues such as sustainability, human rights, animal welfare, education reform and more. In addition to these major political constituencies, 78730 Austin also features many smaller communities who participate in their own elections or political discussions. As a result of this diversity of views and ideas, debates about important topics often arise at the local level. These debates can help inform the decisions made by local elected officials on behalf of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 78730 (Austin, TX) is strongly liberal.
Travis County, TX is very liberal. In Travis County, TX 71.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Travis county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.4% to 26.4%.
Travis county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78730 (Austin, TX) is strongly liberal.
Austin, Texas is strongly liberal.
Travis County, Texas is very liberal.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Austin, Texas: r D D D D 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 78730 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,025 contributions totaling $657,967 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 528 contributions totaling $211,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)