The politics in the 78732 Austin, TX area are largely influenced by the state and local governments. The Texas Legislature is responsible for enacting laws that affect all of the residents of Austin, while at a local level, City Council Members and other elected officials make decisions about how funds are spent and what initiatives are undertaken in the city. The council is responsible for passing ordinances that keep Austin safe, and further promote economic growth. Local political candidates work to bring their perspectives on how to best serve their constituents and make sure issues important to residents are addressed. Decisions made by both state and local levels of government have a significant impact on life in Austin, from affecting taxes to public transportation and schools to zoning regulations.
The political climate in Zip 78732 (Austin, TX) is moderately 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 78732 (Austin, TX) is moderately liberal.
Austin, Texas is moderately 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 78732 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,370 contributions totaling $441,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 561 contributions totaling $291,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $519 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)