78749 Austin, TX is a thriving area that is home to many people in the city. It has a diverse and vibrant political landscape with candidates from different backgrounds, ideologies and experiences. In the upcoming election cycle, residents of 78749 Austin, TX have an opportunity to vote for politicians who will represent their interests on the local level. There are many local candidates running for office, including those from both Republican and Democratic parties. These individuals have different views on how to improve the quality of life in this area and each bring unique perspectives to the table. Residents should take time to familiarize themselves with all of these candidates before they vote in order to make an informed decision about who they wish to elect as their representative.
The political climate in Zip 78749 (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 78749 (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 78749 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,227 contributions totaling $307,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 349 contributions totaling $69,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)