Austin, TX 78751 is a vibrant and diverse city located in the heart of Texas. Its politics are shaped by its large population of people from a range of backgrounds, cultures, and faiths. The city is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Lloyd Doggett (D) and Michael McCaul (R), with Senator John Cornyn (R) representing it in the Senate. At the local level, Austin City Council Member Leslie Pool is currently serving her fourth term, while Council Member Vanessa Fuentes was elected to serve her first term in 2019. In addition to these representatives, many other local political candidates have emerged over the years to fight for the rights and interests of all 78751 residents. These local politicians have demonstrated their dedication to improving quality of life in the area through their advocacy for issues such as housing affordability, job creation, environmental protection, education reform, public safety, and LGBTQ+ rights.
The political climate in Zip 78751 (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 78751 (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 78751 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,423 contributions totaling $433,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $130,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)