The city of 76705 Bellmead, TX is a small town with a population of just over 13,000. The town is located in McLennan County and is governed by the City Council which is made up of five members elected at-large. The council makes decisions for the town regarding budgeting, public safety, local ordinances, and other areas that affect the community. Every two years residents have the opportunity to vote for their representatives in local elections where they can choose from a range of candidates who are vying for election to serve on the City Council. These candidates bring different ideas and backgrounds to the table when it comes to making important decisions that will shape the future of Bellmead and so it's important for people to take part in these elections and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 76705 (Bellmead, TX) is somewhat conservative.
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative. In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76705 (Bellmead, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Bellmead, Texas is somewhat conservative.
McLennan County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Bellmead, Texas: R R R R R R
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 76705 (Bellmead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $5,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $17,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)