Killeen, TX is the home of Fort Hood and many military families. It is a city with a population of over 140,000 people that are served by its local government. The city of Killeen holds elections for its mayor and City Council members every two years. The mayor and council are responsible for creating laws, budgets, and policies that benefit the citizens of the city. They also maintain relationships with other local government entities, businesses, and organizations to ensure the continued growth and development of Killeen’s economy. The Mayor and City Council strive to provide services such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, public works projects, and quality recreational opportunities at an affordable cost to all citizens. Killeen citizens come together during election season to choose their leaders who will create policies that will improve their lives.
The political climate in Zip 76549 (Killeen, TX) is leaning conservative.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76549 (Killeen, TX) is leaning conservative.
Killeen, Texas is leaning conservative.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Killeen, 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 76549 (Killeen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $15,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $7,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)