Politics in 75044 Garland, TX are mainly focused at the local level. There are six city council members that make up the City Council, which is responsible for making policy decisions and overseeing government operations. The Mayor of Garland, TX is Douglas Athas and he serves as the head of the executive branch of government in the city. Each City Council member represents one of the districts in Garland, TX and they are elected by residents to a four-year term. In addition to this, there are also other local political issues that residents of 75044 Garland, TX can get involved with such as initiatives for education reform, public safety measures, and economic development efforts. There are several local organizations which seek to educate citizens about their rights and responsibilities in regards to voting and participating in political activities. Residents of 75044 Garland have an important role to play in ensuring that their voices are heard on issues concerning their community.
The political climate in Zip 75044 (Garland, TX) is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75044 (Garland, TX) is moderately liberal.
Garland, Texas is moderately liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Garland, Texas: r r 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 75044 (Garland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,405 contributions totaling $157,604 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 888 contributions totaling $135,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)