Austin, TX, 78744 is a vibrant city with a large and diverse population. Politically, Austin residents have an array of options when it comes to representation. The Texas State Legislature is responsible for lawmaking and setting policy in Texas, and the state is divided into 31 senate districts. 78744 Austin falls within Senate District 14 which is represented by Senator Kirk Watson. At the federal level, the city of Austin is within Congressional District 25 and is represented by Congresswoman Lloyd Doggett. On the local level, there are various offices such as mayor, council members, county commissioners that all play a role in representing their constituents from the district. In Austin 78744 there are five City Council Members that work together to make decisions on behalf of their constituency including Leslie Pool who represents District 7 which includes 78744 Austin.
The political climate in Zip 78744 (Austin, TX) is very 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 78744 (Austin, TX) is very liberal.
Austin, Texas is very 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 78744 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,090 contributions totaling $108,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $6,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)