The city of Cedar Park, TX, with its zip code of 78613, is a growing community in the Greater Austin Metropolitan Area. It is governed by a mayor and four council members who all serve two-year terms and are elected by the citizens of Cedar Park. In recent years, the city has seen major growth both in population size and diversity, as well as an increased need for responsible and effective governance. The government works to ensure that the rights of all citizens are respected while also striving to provide efficient public services and encouraging economic growth. There have been several political initiatives put forward from local politicians directing further development within the area. In addition, there are various campaigns from candidates across parties that focus on issues such as public safety, education reform, infrastructure improvements, and protection of natural resources. With so much at stake for local residents, these elections are important opportunities for citizens to voice their opinions on how they would like their city to be managed.
The political climate in Zip 78613 (Cedar Park, TX) is leaning conservative.
Williamson County, TX is leaning liberal. In Williamson County, TX 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.2%.
Williamson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78613 (Cedar Park, TX) is leaning conservative.
Cedar Park, Texas is leaning conservative.
Williamson County, Texas is leaning 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.
Cedar Park, Texas: R R R R r 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 78613 (Cedar Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,804 contributions totaling $321,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,037 contributions totaling $303,467 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)