The politics in 78753 Austin, TX are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. Every two years, local residents vote on a number of state and national issues that impact the area, as well as electing leaders to serve on the Austin City Council. The current Mayor of Austin is Steve Adler, who was elected in 2014 and is up for reelection in 2020. He has been a strong advocate for progressive policies such as providing more affordable housing and advocating for environmental regulations that protect clean air and water in the region. Other city council members include Kathie Tovo, Leslie Pool, Jimmy Flannigan, Greg Casar and Ann Kitchen. These leaders have worked to make sure the community has access to quality public services such as education, health care, and transportation infrastructure. Additionally, they have focused on initiatives that promote economic development and job growth within the city.
The political climate in Zip 78753 (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 78753 (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 78753 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,653 contributions totaling $100,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $19,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)